Pieces of a man’s body including the right leg, part of
the spine and a hip, struck a garage roof of the home in South Floral
Park, New York, before landing in the backyard are believed to have
fallen from the wheel well of a South African Airways passenger plane
bound for New York’s Kennedy Airport. A US customs inspector discovered
the rest of the man’s body after Flight 203 landed in New York from
Johannesburg. A South African Airways spokeswoman said it appeared to
have been a stowaway attempt and that the plane had stopped in Dakar,
Senegal, on its way to New York. During the flight, Smith said the
pilot felt more “vibrating sensations and heard pounding, but
nothing appeared wrong with the plane.”