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Man froze to death inside undercarriage of TUI plane at Gatwick Airport
plane at Gatwick airport, it has been heard by an inquest.The December 7 discovery led police to launch an inquest into the tragedy on the TUI plane.The unnamed victim was found dead upon arrival at the airport following the flight, where flight temperatures into the UK can reach as low as -60C.READ MORE: Nicola Bulley police search caravan site close to bench where phone was foundA post-mortem confirmed the man passed away from hypothermia.The man was found aboard a flight from the Gambian capital of Banjul to London.The flight takes between seven and nine hours and normally requires a stop in between.Direct flights are rare between the two cities, however, Africa News reports it takes around six hours.No details, not even a date of birth, have been found in relation to the man.The operation to work out the man’s identity is ongoing and is a joint collaboration between both Sussex police and Gambian authorities.A full inquest will take place in Chichester on May 24.Coroner Joanne Andrews said: “I am satisfied the death was unnatural and there will be an inquest.”Speaking on the tragedy Ebrima Sankareh, a spokesperson for the Gambian government, said: “According to the information, the deceased black male was found within the wheel bay of the aircraft without identification documents to establish his name, age, nationality or travel itinerary.“It is, therefore, not clear at this stage, who he is.”A statement from Sussex Police said: “Police were called after the body of a man was found in the undercarriage of an aircraft at Gatwick Airport, arriving from Gambia, at about 4am on December 7.“Officers are investigating and a report will be prepared for HM Coroner.”Stowaways on planes are not unheard of.
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TUI passengers 'treated like caged animals' after being trapped on tarmac for 6 hours
TUI for allegedly treating them like "caged animals" and "prisoners" after they were trapped on a plane for six hours before take off. Furious travellers claim they were told "lie after lie" as they were shifted around the departure lounge, reportedly given false leaving times and then made to sit on a plane without necessities during a nine-hour delay at Manchester Airport.Passengers said they ran low on milk for their babies, nearly suffered panic attacks and were "physically sick" due to the traumatic wait on September 28. READ MORE TUI passenger forced to 'expose intestine' in smelly plane loo 'leaking urine' They were meant to set off at 6.55am but a string of delays followed as passengers were told to ignore boarding calls, before being made to rush onto an aircraft for an emergency slot to Larnaca, Cyprus.But the "catastrophe" didn't see them depart until around 4pm that day.Melissa, who belonged to a party of 12, claimed TUI failed to announce that their friend had a nut allergy.She said: "Absolutely ridiculous, we lost an afternoon at our villa we booked for our friends 30th and table bookings."Also to add to it, one of our party has a nut allergy and they didn’t announce it till hours into being sat on the plane when someone opened some nuts and we had to ask them not to open them!"Nicholas Labocha said his family had to rely on the "kindness" of others including a passenger named Mandy, to give spare water to his kids Theo and Elsie.The dad, from Telford, Shropshire, said: "We were becoming increasingly concerned that we hadn’t packed enough formula for the baby milk and the kids were becoming more and more agitated.
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