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Boy survives two-hour flight to Moscow hanging onto plane wing

en.rian.ru — A 15-year-old boy from the Urals suffered acute frostbite after riding the wing of a Boeing-737 plane on a two-hour flight from Perm to Moscow.

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  • weatherman5000, on 11/09/2007, -19/+781Pics or it didn't happen.
    • capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -52/+10No Pics, but someone on the plane had a video camera...
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Y2KLKsjZ4
      • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -2/+49I'm tempted to click on it, but I won't for fear of being Rick Roll-ed
        • mdhauke, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22This story has fake written all over it. It's funny that they have no details on the supposed plane ride itself but they have a very detailed account about the fight with his family that lead him to run away. bulllllll *****!
          • sounditout, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3how did he get on the wing in the first place?
      • MindStalker, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12No Rick Roll, some weird twilight zone mashup thingy. I didn't get it honestly..
      • capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3It was a reference to the Twilight Zone Episode where the monster is on the wing. There were no good pics on google image(besides some weird japanese mashup), and I posted this thinking it was the real clip from the first two seconds. After I posted it and realized it wasn't I couldn't find anything better before the edit time ran out.

        No Rick Roll, just the internet's lack of appreciation for Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.
    • SNIa, on 10/10/2007, -21/+3Thats funny you said that, I was thinking the exact same thing.
    • 10001110101, on 10/10/2007, -2/+193Sorry for the comment hijack, but a number of people below are calling BS. It did happen, but this article is completely inaccurate. He was in the wheel well:
      http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/09/25/0 ...
      (Hopefully we can trust the Moscow Times)
      • digitaloxygen, on 10/10/2007, -2/+35I would say that is accurate. Just reading the digg version and it screams ***** right in it. "It remains unclear how Andrei was able to climb on a plane wing un-noticed...". Just how the hell could nobody notice this kid on the wing for a 2 hr flight? Nobody looks out the windows these days?
        • nilsko, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25There´s someone one the wing, some thing.
        • TheLoneHoot, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7"Just reading the digg version..."
          Digg didn't write the story, but some assclown submitted it hoping to get dugg or something.
          • digitaloxygen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I referred to it as the "Digg version" to differentiate between the one that this Digg story links to and the one that was in the comment I replied to. Sorry you didn't get that. Other people seemed to.
      • bingobongony, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0So, if the article is inaccurate, then IT didn't happen. something else did.
    • algorythmic, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41pics: http://www.tden.ru/articles/society/019055/
    • musicpyrite, on 10/16/2007, -48/+3SHUT THE ***** UP
      • Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Make all 330 of us!
      • Syric, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I won't shut the ***** up, but maybe I'll digg you the ***** down.
    • Woah_G!, on 10/10/2007, -2/+39http://www.cobrabrigade.com/images/kid-on-plane-73 ...
      It isn't the first time it happened to him.
    • UnstableMind, on 10/10/2007, -7/+5...(slides curtain on window back and forth speaking in William Shatner's voice)....The..re's...something....on...the....wing....
    • moofer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22Was he ripping parts of the wing off and throwing them into the engine?
      • MajorD, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3Obscure, but a good reference to Twilight Zone nonetheless.
        • moofer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5Wow. I had no idea what I was referring to. Thanks a lot Gilligan.
    • NgrHader, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
    • aduzik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I didn't digg you up, but only because as of this moment you have exactly 737 diggs. That's way cooler.
      • RedSquaree, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1aduzik: that's not "as of this moment", since you didn't alter it right then. It was 'as of moments before'.
    • rofthorax, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Am I the only person here who read the related story?

      Boy survives two-hour flight to Moscow !INSIDE! plane wing!!

      BIG DIFFERENCE..

      What I'm wondering was where in the wing he was..
    • rofthorax, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2a7_1190910047&c=1

      VIDEO

      There is probably other sources around, I'd like to see the boy myself, but people have a right to privacy..
  • pedrovoltaire, on 10/10/2007, -7/+49he's gonna have the worst nightmares forever.

    ugly...
    • TiMMY8765, on 10/10/2007, -3/+31all he wanted to do was ghost ride his whip
      • bluezinc, on 10/10/2007, -6/+5Oooh, Bay Area rap... are you dead yet? No? I'll come back in a year.
    • altinnovation, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15No, imagine telling that story to your grandkids. Fying 50 000 feet above ground at 900km/h. That's faster and higher than any roller coaster on earth.
      That's a record!
      • rnwen2750, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10"Back in my day, you had to hang on to the wing if you wanted to ride on a plane!"
    • Ansible, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18And that's how I lost all my fingers and toes kids...
    • bsolidgold, on 10/10/2007, -1/+31They didn't have a seat big enough for him and his huge balls.
    • skylights, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4This gives new meaning to "Holding on to a wing and a prayer"
    • rofthorax, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I think he said he fell asleep, so he was unconscious, so he wont remember anything, just the hospital visit.
      He probably fell asleep from the lack of oxygen, which is typical.. If he hadn't fallen asleep, he wouldn't have survived. There are children in Iraq now, bunches of them, who have experienced things like this little girl who was forced to sleep with a friend after her friend was shot, and other schoolchildren in front of her were raped.. That was on NBC nightly news video podcast yesterday.
  • vroom101, on 10/10/2007, -7/+153This story is majorly testing my incredulity.
    • cbags, on 10/10/2007, -35/+4Your testing the bounds of the english language...and losing!
      • DrMonkeyLove, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20So are you.
      • dorianh49, on 10/10/2007, -1/+39coming from the guy who spelled "you're" incorrectly.
      • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7You're incredulous
      • mmortal03, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If only you had spelled it "loosing", cbags, if only....
      • vroom101, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Says digger @cbags:"Your testing the bounds of the english language...and losing!"

        Thank you @cbags. yez, I now no that.
    • mountaincable, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26It's a perfectly cromulent story.
    • Terr01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10It's testing my credulity. My incredulity remains quite seure.
      • Terr01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"Seure"? My natural resistance to typographical errors... perhaps less secure.
  • FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -9/+557Don't believe it......can't believe it. News reporters get blown off their feet reporting a hurricane with 130 MPH winds, and he held on with little air, frostbite and going 600 MPH?

    • saralovemuffins, on 10/10/2007, -7/+90Yeah, seriously. I smell *****.
    • mozillaman0, on 10/10/2007, -1/+96Must be the vodka.
    • sjbdallas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+129Maybe he was in the wheel well and someone assumed he was on the wing. i might buy that.
      • drachemorder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23According to some posts higher up, he was in the wheel well. Survivable (if barely), but still very dangerous.
      • DIAF, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1genius!
    • over90000, on 10/10/2007, -2/+75The plane was on a treadmill.
    • CLShortFuse, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1It's let go or die, but I can't believe he was holding on to the plane. If got frostbite, his hands would have been stuck in that position though.
    • moyn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Closest I can come to believing it is the NGS TV Air Crash Investigation show about the pilot who was 3/4 sucked out of the plane during most of a flight ("Blow out").

      http://www.dipvid.com/view_video.php?viewkey=efe99 ...
      • iChainsaw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1HAHAHAHA funniest thing i have ever seen.
    • feoren, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22He was in the wheel well.
    • mortigon, on 10/11/2007, -6/+8Well... the air flowing above the wing is much less than the air flowing beneath it... but still, this is pretty unbelieveable.

      I'm going with the suggestion above, that he was in the wheel well
      • Juano11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Uh...air flows FASTER over the top of the wing than the bottom. That's how you get lift. Didn't you ever watch Mr. Wizard?
        • travbrack, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0Wrong, if there's more air on top that's called downforce, which is the purpose of a spoiler on a car.
          • ArchieAndrews, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Reposting this in the correct reply spot. The reply links weren't there when I composed the first one... feel free to digg the other one down.

            Airflow _velocity_ on the top of the wing is increased relative to the airflow on the bottom. This is the basic principle of aerodynamic lift a la Bernoulli (as velocity increases, pressure decreases). Airplanes use more than this though as the pressure lift is a small part of the actual force keeping a plane aloft. Much of the "heavy lifting" is done by airflow deflection (imagine the force exerted on your hand as you hang it out a car window), that causes the plane to react opposite to the force of the wind (a la Newton). Google "angle of attack" and read about how it affects the lift generated by an airfoil. Turbine helicopters do this all the time. The engine runs at the same rpm but they vary the pitch or angle of attack of the blades to generate more or less lift.

            A vehicle spoiler works because of deflection, primarily.
          • diktator279, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You have a Civic with one of those big, fugly wings, don't you.
        • ArchieAndrews, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Airflow _velocity_ on the top of the wing is increased relative to the airflow on the bottom. This is the basic principle of aerodynamic lift a la Bernoulli (as velocity increases, pressure decreases). Airplanes use more than this though as the pressure lift is a small part of the actual force keeping a plane aloft. Much of the "heavy lifting" is done by airflow deflection (imagine the force exerted on your hand as you hang it out a car window), that causes the plane to react opposite to the force of the wind (a la Newton). Google "angle of attack" and read about how it affects the lift generated by an airfoil. Turbine helicopters do this all the time. The engine runs at the same rpm but they vary the pitch or angle of attack of the blades to generate more or less lift.

          A vehicle spoiler works because of deflection, primarily.
    • dracostimpy, on 10/10/2007, -14/+8I work for Air Russia, so I am really getting a kick out of some of these comments.

      Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about. But trust me.... You don't. I think you just want to make yourself sound smart, when in reality you don't know what you are talking about.

      This is how bad info gets passed around.

      If you don't know about flying in airplane wings....Don't make yourself sound like you do. Cuz some diggers believe anything they hear.
      • DeathMarcher, on 10/10/2007, -5/+14Well, since you work for Air Russia, why don't you contribute some good information instead of complaining about the people who understandably know little about such things?
      • dracostimpy, on 10/10/2007, -9/+5That was a joke, dude. Go brush up on your net memes.
      • fishbeef33, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That joke might be good enough for Farkers, but we don't put up with that kind of stuff here.
    • iceschade, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9Aww come on guys, everyone knows humans are incredibly aerodynamic when attached to the wing of a plane. That, and there's absolutely NO way anyone could have seen him out their passenger-side windows! The pilots wouldn't have stopped to let him in. And he couldn't have been in the wheel well, because if he had, he'd have been crushed or else he'd have been warm enough to not get frostbite! This story is COMPLETELY true!! I know it is because I read about it on Digg.
    • HenvY, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2Yeah, but reporter standing still is going 0mph and has 130mph going against them. Boy on wing is going 600mph! I don't know much about science but it's pretty simple physics which explains why those are not comparable situations.
      • Davekcon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"I don't know much about science" is true. Thing of a wind tunnel. Move the air instead of the plane.
      • Juano11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6"I don't know much about science"

        Well, OK, that much is obviously true.
    • digggggggggg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9He would have passed out because of the lack of air pressure. That would have made him let go.

      So yeah, I find it really hard to believe.
    • js530, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7The plane cruises at 500 mph, but with the reduced pressure at 30,000 feet, the equivalent (what speed at sea level the plane would be going to get the same drag) airspeed is 300 mph, closer to being reasonable.

      An excerpt from Wikipedia's article on Aloha Airlines 243, where the roof was blown off, yet two flight attendants managed to hold on.
      "Flight attendant Michelle Honda, who was standing near rows #15 and #16, was thrown violently to the floor during the decompression. Despite her injuries, she was able to crawl up and down the aisle to assist and calm the terrified passengers. Flight attendant Jane Sato-Tomita, who was at the front of the plane, was seriously injured by flying debris, and was thrown to the floor. Passengers held onto her during the descent into Maui."
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight ...
    • xenonline, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I must agree...... WTF mate?
    • tmak73, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0A quick search on Google news tells a different story. Apparently its a lot more possible than you think, what the dug article seems to leave out is he was INSIDE THE WING. Not on it, and he was blacked out the entire time.

      "Doctors from the Department of Surgery of the Clinical Hospital for Children in the city of Perm estimate the boy’s condition as critical. The plane was flying at the height of 10,000 meters for two hours while Andrey was staying inside one of its wings. As a result, the boy suffered deep frostbite of his both hands."

      http://newsfromrussia.com/society/stories/25-09-20 ...
    • malinet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0maybe he snuggled near to the engine - much warmer there...
  • nepawoods, on 10/10/2007, -2/+33050 C below freezing, 560mph winds. I highly doubt it. Maybe if he were inside the wheel well, protected.
    • stealthduke, on 10/10/2007, -1/+124Other news reports say he was inside the wheel well (obvious to me anyways). This article is just terribly inaccurate.
      • transfuse, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Yeh, I was about to call BS until I read this comment.
        It's just physically impossible to hang onto a plane wing at 600MPH with -50C (minus wind chill).
    • geekworking, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Although it provides some protection from the wind, the cold, low pressure, and lack of oxygen will still kill you. I have seen many other stories where they found dead people in the wheel wells of planes.
      • GliTCH82, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Maybe the wheel well is heated so that the tires don't freeze on landing.
      • skyfire1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Pics or it doesn't happen often.
    • 99Casimir, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Doesn't hiding in the wheel well usually crush you.
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4072754.stm
      • Juano11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6The wheel well is obviously inferior to First Class, but it has been tried with both positive and negative results (mostly negative). Yes, you'd still have a good chance of dying from being crushed, hypothermia, lack of oxygen, or a combination of the above, but at least it is physically possible to get into a wheel well and be transported from one location to another. It would be impossible to actually hang on to a wing of a commercial plane in flight.
    • aoneal417, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2pshhh, Bruce Willis rode a wing of a jet in the newest Die Hard movie, it can be done
  • GoChris, on 10/10/2007, -7/+242Not possible, -50C not including the wind chill factor. At 900 km/h...that would be some serious cold. He'd be dead in minutes.
    • wendelgee2, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6R.I.P. Payne Stewart.
    • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -21/+3man, i was going to make fun of you, til i saw the k instead of m.
      so ill congratulate you for using metric.
      • archlich, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Meters per hour? that's mighty slow for an airplane.
        • transfuse, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2What?
          I think he meant MILES Per hour.
          Metres per Hour is metric.
        • Darkwave, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think someones sarcasm meter is off
        • ch33sehead, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah but MILES is usually abbreviated "mi" and not "m". "m" is commonly accepted to stand for meters, not miles.
      • mortigon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1yes, that dead measurement from medieval times that no ones uses anymore called "metric"
      • mercurysquad, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5congratulate you for using metric?
        the WHOLE world uses the metric system, except the US.
      • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1You mean there are other people outside of the US? And they have some kind of different measurement system? You expect anyone to believe that *****? Just another conspiracy theory here folks, move along.....
        • rnwen2750, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think he thought m meant miles, not meters.
    • mrASSMAN, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Seconds. He wouldn't be able to hold on. Impossible.
    • stklaw, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1How can he breathe at that height actually?
      And don't forget that the air is freezing cold.
    • Renton, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If the little gremlin in that Twilight Zone episode could do it, so could he.
    • theuniversal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7It's not impossible. I used to bullseye wamp-rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than 2 meters.
      • adstretch, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0awesome for the starwars/spaced reference 10 points my friend
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Friction from the air kept him warm.
  • madbadger, on 10/10/2007, -2/+48I don't think so.
  • Lobstertacular, on 10/10/2007, -3/+83I believe this about as much as the link at the top of the page to the video of UFO's attacking the Ukraine.
  • KevenM, on 10/10/2007, -3/+42I get the feeling that the story link should have been to imdb.com
  • geekchic, on 10/18/2007, -2/+204Was William Shatner on the flight?
    • dorianh49, on 10/10/2007, -3/+29That would be highly illogical.
    • Buddhist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14"Gremlins! Gremlins! I'm not imagining it, he's out there! Don't look, he's not out there now. He jumps away whenever anyone might see him, except me."
    • hydrodev, on 10/10/2007, -9/+0it wasn't Shatner in that movie. it was the dude from harry and the Hendersons and third rock. wasnt't it?
      • SimonGray, on 10/27/2007, -0/+10It was Shatner in the original Twilight Zone episode. They made a Twilight film later on which featured a remake of the old classic Gremlin story.
        • hydrodev, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3my mistake! Im sure ill go to hell now. NEVER DOUBT SHATNER, AND NEVER HASSLE THE HOFF!
        • ZeRux, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3John Lithgow was in the movie.
        • freewheeling, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2John Lithgow appeared in the movie remake. On Third Rock From the Sun, Shatner once had a guest appearance. Getting off a plane he claimed that there had been a gremlin on the wing trying to destroy the plane yet no one believed him. Lithgow replied that the same thing had once happened to him. :)
    • nilsko, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9There´s someone on the wing.. some thing.
    • LoveWidescreen, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3THAT was brilliant! :D And the majority of Diggers probably have no freaking clue about what you're referring to.
    • audiophiliac, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1+1 for the comment!
    • supaklaw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hehe. Of course, it has to be the greasier, thinner Shatner. Awesome episode though.
  • Matrixsta, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15I've heard of people jumping trains...but airplanes?
  • logicalnoise, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25so shatner was telling the truth?
    • milt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3was it a russian monster on the wing in that episode?
  • Spetz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25No way. He'd pass out from oxygen loss and probably die. What they dont tell you on planes is that if you fail to put your mask on within seconds of a "sudden decrease in cabin pressure", you will pass out. This is why they tell you to put your own on before helping others. Although since he was climbing he'd experience a gradual change in pressure and oxygen concentration - I'm intrigued.
    • banq59, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Yeah you can't survive at that altitude without oxygen. Something else must be going on here.
    • Herkguy, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2What they also don't tell you is it's the lack of pressure that is affecting you at that altitude anyway, so the oxygen provided by those little yellow cups, which is not under pressure into your lungs, is useless. Ever see the pilots quick-don masks? They create a seal over the mouth and nose, and provide O2 under pressure.
    • godd4242, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2The masks just feed you oxygen, they don't prevent you from fainting or anything.
    • kcap122, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Oxygen gets you high. In a catastrophic emergency, you're taking giant panicked breaths. Suddenly you become euphoric, docile. You accept your fate. It's all right here. Emergency water landing - 600 miles an hour. Blank faces, calm as Hindu cows.
  • Nodaki, on 10/10/2007, -8/+28Funny mental imagery but completely impossible. Sorry this is complete BS.

    100 mph winds
    -50 Farenheit
    =-115.5
    • mrASSMAN, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19100mph? That's one slow plane.
    • VenomBRA, on 11/10/2007, -1/+0Maybe the pilot had forgotten the parking brake on...
  • DocHoliday22, on 10/10/2007, -11/+2I would have bricked it. I wonder what was going through his mind when he was in the air.

    This is going to hit the front page.
    • davestar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17"I wonder what was going through his mind when he was in the air."
      'Thank god I'm in this wheel well'
  • Kyosuke86, on 10/10/2007, -18/+3Boy On A Plane (BOAP)
    Bad Acronym
  • Ramble, on 10/10/2007, -3/+82So a young boy held onto a plane wing with frostbite and winds of 600mph at an altitude where he'd suffocate within about 30 seconds?
    For 2 hours?
    • jerrycan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+31he was armless too, but he stood on the wing and leaned into the wind....
    • nilsko, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6The russians are strong, this is proof enough. Go on, build some more nukes.
  • shadowspawn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8i don't believe this at all. no way he could breathe. even in the wheel well. maybe he's a vegetable now, tho.
  • heifetz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11He must be the bionic boy.
  • krizzle, on 10/10/2007, -8/+384I just flew to Moscow and boy are my arms tired.
  • jotate, on 10/10/2007, -2/+186I'm fairly certain this is the kind of thing that will turn that boy into a super hero with ice-based powers.
  • akkibaba, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13The air at the peak of Mt.Everest contains about 20% of the oxygen that the air at sea level has. The Boeing probably flies a few thousand feet above this.
    I can't believe that the boy didn't die from cerebral or pulmonary oedema like mountaineers do when they gain height too fast without acclimatization.
    • stklaw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I guess it's because the air is flying at him at 560 mph?
  • halik, on 10/10/2007, -7/+74burried as absolute *****
  • johnn11238, on 10/10/2007, -7/+36I'm not anywhere near the biggest skeptic on digg, but...

    BULL-*****-*****.
  • benjony, on 10/10/2007, -1/+60It's true the same thing happened to my cousin now he hates flying.
    • TonyLocNE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10go on....
    • rudy23, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8does it really matter what he hates now. since he must be dead
  • rgaino, on 10/18/2007, -2/+100Did he get mileage for this?
    • ItsAlexLolol, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0nope, but he got his life :P
    • JRumph, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Of course not. He didn't pay for a ticket. Sheesh, how stupid are you?

      /sarcasm
  • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -5/+5This is absolute ***** of the third kind.
    How the hell did only get acute frostbite from the flight? get your god damn facts straight people
    • Shandooga, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6You are unqualified to manage reality. I predict that life will go badly for you.
    • darkciti2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1He at least would have caught a cold !!!
  • protogenxl, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19Good old Air Elbonia.
  • gambyt13, on 10/10/2007, -6/+54Pic here.
    http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/4809/

    And yes, this seems perfectly feasible. What's a miracle is that this kid lived.
    • saltinekracka20, on 10/10/2007, -2/+40"inside a wing of Boeing-737."
      And there you have it.
      • diggitydoc, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5lets all take a step back and ask what they store in the wings of commercial airliners.
        FUEL.
        • flygirl62, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Fuel is in PART of the wing. It doesn't fill up the entire wing.
        • Juano11, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1AND the landing gear. Which does not fill 100% of the space alloted to it.
      • Evildad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0So presuming he did not go INSIDE the plane to get to the space inside the wing, where in the wing is there a space accessible and big enough for a boy to fit into? Where's our aeronautical engineers?
    • pukufek, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0Its a miracle that none of the passengers saw him.

      Oh no wait, its ***** Russian ***** again. What the ***** is it with Russians and making ***** up?
    • daGUY, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I love how immediately after the story, there's a huge link that says "thinking of visiting Russia? Click here." Hilarious.
  • braves322, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1no way
    • Shandooga, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Inside the wing, not holding on to the outside.
    • braves322, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1still no way u wouldn't be able to breath would u? going at like 800 mph i dont think its possible
  • gnash, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Has to be the wheel well right? He could have passed out inside, then gotten resuscitated as the airliner dropped altitude and held on while landing. Still would've been cold enough for him to get severe frostbite.
    • gambyt13, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Exactly the case. Many people have stowed away inside the wing landing gear. Very few have lived to tell about it.
  • Th3Wiiexpert, on 10/10/2007, -15/+2Bin Laden: *****!! why didnt we think of that!!alalalalalalalalala

    If that kid got on the wing unnoticed, imagine how easy it would of been for a terrorist
    • Shandooga, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2Stupid American. There are no terrorists outside of the White House.
    • TonyLocNE, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1to what..? highjack the plane and fly it into a russian palace?

      dugg down for bin laden and 9/11 reference
  • steelclash84, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7More like, the boy got stuck in the plane's freezer for 2 hours. That's at least believable.
    • Shandooga, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3If he grabbed onto the landing gear as it was taking off, it would have folded into the wing. Other persons have done this--and died.
  • speakerfordead, on 11/06/2007, -7/+24There is something on. the. wing. SOME THING!
  • beersnob, on 10/10/2007, -12/+7There's something on the wing!!!

    Oh wait, it's just a giant pile of HORSE *****!
  • nicheplayer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Unpossible!
  • tuxidomasx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22He didn't fall???

    Inconceivable!
    • goatomatic, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Why you keep using that word? I do not think it means what you think it means.
      • natedouglas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Anybody want a peanut?
      • flygirl62, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2IIRC, it's one of George Carlin's recommendations for a name of brand name birth control pills. "Inconceivable"
    • control7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That is what wrestlers call a "cheap pop."
  • ihaveworms, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I just calculated the wind chill. lol.....
    -167F or -110.6C. No way.
    • tza999, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/4809/
      Looks like kid was in the wing somehow, so he woulda at least escaped the wind chill. Not sure if wings are pressurized though, so dunno how he could've been able to breathe.
      • SMF2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0wings are not pressurized. they are mostly fuel tank. "in the wing" probably meant "in the wheel well" since those are, dum dum dahh.. under the wing!
        great reportin'
  • saltinekracka20, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4This must be like the "witch flying over Mexican hillside" video. They even got the cops to say it was true, but it was complete bs. Videos via youtube.
  • aixelsyD, on 10/18/2007, -2/+113 - the boy's parents were immediately informed, and flew to the capital the same day also by clinging to the wing of another 737.
  • ThinkFr33ly, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5He must have been in the landing gear or something. There is no freakin' way he was on the wing with 560 MPH winds and -50C temps. Not possible.
  • Ebacherville, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4In the wing maybee on the wing no way.. fricken impossable.. first of how do you get on the wing of a airliner like this its not lying on the ground?
  • Xecuter3, on 10/18/2007, -6/+116Don't drop me bro!
    • RichM, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4lol
    • wal9000, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8"Don't freeze me bro!" seems more appropriate.
    • iceschade, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2I want to cut the fingers off every digger that uses that meme.
  • HarryManback, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3"A department spokesman said the incident occurred on Friday, and that the boy's parents were immediately informed, and flew to the capital the same day."

    I wonder if they made them ride on the wing as well.
  • mozillaman0, on 10/18/2007, -6/+69Chuck Norris saw him hanging from that plane and hid him in his beard to keep him warm. That explains everything.
  • jackspayed, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7I'm not some sort of aero engineer and I'm not saying I believe it- but - there is that whole high pressure under the wing... low pressure on top of the wing thing... Maybe he was just in "the sweet spot" where he could have enough pressure to keep breathing, and the cold (while severe) wasnt lethal...

    still hard to fathom
    • onewingedangel9, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1the oxygen content of the air would still be not enough to live.
    • flightvector, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The pressure differential is actually extremely small compared to ambient; at a typical cruising CL at 35,000 ft, the total pressure differential is barely 1% of the 497 psf at that altitude, putting you at less than 501 psf, that's why the wings need to be so large. So there is absolutely no chance that this would offer a meaningful boost in pressure when sea level pressure is 2116 psf.
    • bingobongony, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0You don't have to tell us you are not some sort of aero engineer. That was obvious when we read your comment. High pressure/low pressure does not turn oxygenless air into oxygen rich air.
  • Redeez, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3What you mean *****? I used to do that with my folks all the time! It's like train surfing!
    *hidden sarcasm*
  • jonkaz, on 11/07/2007, -0/+75http://newsfromrussia.com/society/stories/25-09-20 ...

    It's actually plausible, once you learn he was inside the wing.
    • 40-Dan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I'm much more interested in the link FROM that article that goes here - http://newsfromrussia.com/society/stories/06-10-20 ...
      Particularly the headline.
    • diggitydoc, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3it is NOT PLAUSIBLE. there are fuel tanks and some hydraulics in the wings, that is all. Unless he can also breathe jet fuel vapors and still be ok, in which case Kudos to the world's best gas huffer!
      • Juano11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Diggitydoc, you're an idiot. Do the wheels and tires of your car actually fill 100% of the wheel well?

        Part of the landing gear of a 737 extends from, and is retracted back into the wing. There is space in that wheel well that a person may, however dangerously, fit into. This is not the first time a person has tried to fly this way.
    • diggitydoc, on 10/10/2007, -9/+6it is NOT PLAUSIBLE. there are fuel tanks and some hydraulics in the wings, that is all. Unless he can also breathe jet fuel vapors and still be ok, in which case Kudos to the world's best gas huffer!
    • videographer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Actually, people climb up into the wheel wells of aircraft quite often. If you can manage to aviod being crushed by the retracting gear, it can be done.

      Of course, there is the "freeze to death' and "asphyxiate" issues to manage, but people have survived this kind of stunt before.

      • markajanssen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yep, read about two guys coming from Cuba to America. One guy fell out in mid-flight but the other survived and reached freedom.
    • staender, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4his dad is gonna beat his ass tonight!
    • tundrajack, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Look Ma -"No Hands"!
      • iceschade, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You're a terrible person.
      • julianrod, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I laughed so hard... I'm a really bad person...
    • DesertFlyer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's a poor translation. If anything, he was inside the main gear well.
    • Evildad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2'"Eventually, I decided to climb up the landing gear into the wing. When I was in, I sat down there on a tire and fell asleep,” the boy said.' OK, so the landing gear is DOWN while the plane is on the ground, what tire was he resting on up inside the wing? They carry a spare up there?
    • WaterDragon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Yeah he was inside the wing, in a fuel tank...yeah..that's it... Inside the wing, relaxing...and enjoying his free airplane ride.
  • kroni, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10I ride a motorcycle every day. At 120 kph and below zero, like -10 C, is almost impossible to ride for some time. Even with full face helmet, warm gloves, etc. 2 hours, -50 C and 900 kph... I smell *****.
    • rudy23, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11check you helmet for poop.
    • istatic, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Maybe you're just a pussy?
      • kroni, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1...said the guy who rides what... city bus?
    • ItsAlexLolol, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1ooo, don't forget about the piss
    • spartacus51, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I've been on a 4 wheeler doing 40 for an hour when it's just 40F out and I've started to feel like passing out....
  • mandarin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3all this kid needs now is a costume...
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