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The medical conundrum of plane stowaways

提交时间：8 年以前

A man is fighting for his life after apparently surviving stowing away in the undercarriage of a 5,600-mile (9,000km) flight to London. Given extremely low temperatures and a lack of oxygen, how was he able to survive the journey? (www.bbc.co.uk) 更多...

Adam Smith

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p m 8 年以前 1

no one mentioned compressed air from tyres, just heat from brakes

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p m 8 年以前 1

thanks Tom, apologies for my misunderstanding

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Tom Hockley 8 年以前 1

That's right - that's why I mentioned it. The heat concern is just one of the vital concerns of staying alive. Sufficient air to breathe is another.

I can see why you might have thought I was responding to your comment, because I have started my comment with a question that seems to be quoting you. My opening sentence would have been much clearer had I said "Has anyone thought about the compressed air in the tyres as a possible source for his breathable air?"

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Paul Davis 8 年以前 1

You guys ever heard of Nitrogen? Completely inert and completely unbreathable. It's what was in the tyres. So even if they climbed into the Undercarriage Bay with a regulator, it would have killed them.

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Tom Hockley 8 年以前 1

For sure, thanks Paul; dagnamit - that's what I was thinking when I wrote "non-expanding gases". I should have spent more time thinking before I typed, that's for sure!
Oh well, pop goes another theory.

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p m 8 年以前 1

Just to say that the place may be heated by brakes heat, for sometime.
How long I don't know.

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Tom Hockley 8 年以前 1

Compressed air in the tyres? They don't use any of these non-expanding gases do they? Did the plane land on a set of flat tyres? Can't imagine sucking rubbery air for 11 hours! Must have brought some gear to regulate pressure and filter it. No way could he carry enough air for 11 hours - those heavy skuba tanks don't last anywhere near that long. OR ... he stopped breathing for much of the trip.

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p m 8 年以前 0

In the good old times when it as possible to enter the cockpit during a flight I happened to see a display showing brakes temperature of a RJ85. More than one hour into our Milan to Brussels flight brakes temperature was still 450 plus degrees celsius. I asked the captain and he said it was normal as brakes heat up during taxing and stay hot for a long time. Could that be an explanation? Are landing gear receptacles heated by brakes?

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