An unknown male stowaway from Kenya, who had secreted himself in the wheel well of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamlander jet plane sometime before take-off from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi, Kenya, at 9:35 a.m. local time, on June 30, 2019, whose half-frozen body plummeted 3,500 feet from the plane at 3:38 p.m., was found dead in the garden of a home on Offerton Road, Clapham Park, Lambeth, London, England. The body narrowly missed hitting a resident, who was asleep in the garden.
Few clues to the man's identity were found. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans. A khaki rucksack marked with the initials MCA was found in the wheel well of the plane, but it contained little: a bottle of water, a bottle of Fanta soda (purchased in Kenya), some bread, some Kenya money, and a pair of trainers. So Det. Sgt. Paul Graves, of London's special crime unit, flew to Kenya in a fruitless effort to identify the deceased man, who had been determined to be aged about 30 years.
Burial was February 26, 2020, in Lambeth Cemetery. The coffin bore a metal plaque inscribed, "Unknown (Male), Died 30th June 2019, Aged 30." Aside from cemetery workers, an official from the Kenyan embassy was the sole mourner. The grave is unmarked, save for a simple wooden cross and a numeric code.
~Bio written by HJ, May 29, 2021
Sources:
The Week magazine, Vol. 21, Issue 1029, May 28, 2021, "A Stowaway at 35,000 feet," pp 36-37, adapted from a story first published in The Guardian
Mailonline, "First picture of Oxford graduate sunbather who had miracle escape when frozen stowaway plunged 3,500ft from Kenya Airways jet and landed just THREE FEET from him in London garden," By Mark Duell, James Fielding and Chris Dyer, July 1, 2019
Archyde, "From Nairobi to London, in the footsteps of the man who fell from the sky," May 24, 2021
Few clues to the man's identity were found. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans. A khaki rucksack marked with the initials MCA was found in the wheel well of the plane, but it contained little: a bottle of water, a bottle of Fanta soda (purchased in Kenya), some bread, some Kenya money, and a pair of trainers. So Det. Sgt. Paul Graves, of London's special crime unit, flew to Kenya in a fruitless effort to identify the deceased man, who had been determined to be aged about 30 years.
Burial was February 26, 2020, in Lambeth Cemetery. The coffin bore a metal plaque inscribed, "Unknown (Male), Died 30th June 2019, Aged 30." Aside from cemetery workers, an official from the Kenyan embassy was the sole mourner. The grave is unmarked, save for a simple wooden cross and a numeric code.
~Bio written by HJ, May 29, 2021
Sources:
The Week magazine, Vol. 21, Issue 1029, May 28, 2021, "A Stowaway at 35,000 feet," pp 36-37, adapted from a story first published in The Guardian
Mailonline, "First picture of Oxford graduate sunbather who had miracle escape when frozen stowaway plunged 3,500ft from Kenya Airways jet and landed just THREE FEET from him in London garden," By Mark Duell, James Fielding and Chris Dyer, July 1, 2019
Archyde, "From Nairobi to London, in the footsteps of the man who fell from the sky," May 24, 2021
An unknown male stowaway from Kenya, who had secreted himself in the wheel well of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamlander jet plane sometime before take-off from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi, Kenya, at 9:35 a.m. local time, on June 30, 2019, whose half-frozen body plummeted 3,500 feet from the plane at 3:38 p.m., was found dead in the garden of a home on Offerton Road, Clapham Park, Lambeth, London, England. The body narrowly missed hitting a resident, who was asleep in the garden.
Few clues to the man's identity were found. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans. A khaki rucksack marked with the initials MCA was found in the wheel well of the plane, but it contained little: a bottle of water, a bottle of Fanta soda (purchased in Kenya), some bread, some Kenya money, and a pair of trainers. So Det. Sgt. Paul Graves, of London's special crime unit, flew to Kenya in a fruitless effort to identify the deceased man, who had been determined to be aged about 30 years.
Burial was February 26, 2020, in Lambeth Cemetery. The coffin bore a metal plaque inscribed, "Unknown (Male), Died 30th June 2019, Aged 30." Aside from cemetery workers, an official from the Kenyan embassy was the sole mourner. The grave is unmarked, save for a simple wooden cross and a numeric code.
~Bio written by HJ, May 29, 2021
Sources:
The Week magazine, Vol. 21, Issue 1029, May 28, 2021, "A Stowaway at 35,000 feet," pp 36-37, adapted from a story first published in The Guardian
Mailonline, "First picture of Oxford graduate sunbather who had miracle escape when frozen stowaway plunged 3,500ft from Kenya Airways jet and landed just THREE FEET from him in London garden," By Mark Duell, James Fielding and Chris Dyer, July 1, 2019
Archyde, "From Nairobi to London, in the footsteps of the man who fell from the sky," May 24, 2021
Few clues to the man's identity were found. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans. A khaki rucksack marked with the initials MCA was found in the wheel well of the plane, but it contained little: a bottle of water, a bottle of Fanta soda (purchased in Kenya), some bread, some Kenya money, and a pair of trainers. So Det. Sgt. Paul Graves, of London's special crime unit, flew to Kenya in a fruitless effort to identify the deceased man, who had been determined to be aged about 30 years.
Burial was February 26, 2020, in Lambeth Cemetery. The coffin bore a metal plaque inscribed, "Unknown (Male), Died 30th June 2019, Aged 30." Aside from cemetery workers, an official from the Kenyan embassy was the sole mourner. The grave is unmarked, save for a simple wooden cross and a numeric code.
~Bio written by HJ, May 29, 2021
Sources:
The Week magazine, Vol. 21, Issue 1029, May 28, 2021, "A Stowaway at 35,000 feet," pp 36-37, adapted from a story first published in The Guardian
Mailonline, "First picture of Oxford graduate sunbather who had miracle escape when frozen stowaway plunged 3,500ft from Kenya Airways jet and landed just THREE FEET from him in London garden," By Mark Duell, James Fielding and Chris Dyer, July 1, 2019
Archyde, "From Nairobi to London, in the footsteps of the man who fell from the sky," May 24, 2021
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