Local council demands action over falling air stowaways:
"A London local authority close to Heathrow Airport demanded action on Friday
from aviation chiefs to protect its residents from being killed by the bodies of
stowaways falling from aircraft.
Two weeks ago, police said a dead body found in a suburban street in southwest
London in September, was that of a man who had fallen from the undercarriage
of a British Airways flight from Angola to Heathrow, which was about 10 miles (16
km) away.
The body of the 30-year-old man, believed to be from Mozambique, destroyed a
car when it landed in East Sheen and the local council said it could have been far
more serious.
"What's happened, horrific though it was, has destroyed only property so far. You
could imagine if somebody walking along the street was struck, they'd be killed,"
said a spokesman for Richmond Council."
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