Plane stowaway falls to death after clinging on for 12,000km; second in hospital

A stowaway has plunged to his death from a plane and landed on a shop in a high street in England – while another is in hospital after surviving the fall.

Plane stowaway falls to death after clinging on for 12,000km; second in hospital

A stowaway has plunged to his death from a plane and landed on a shop in a high street – while another is in hospital.

The two men are believed to have clung on to a British Airways plane as it flew more than 8,000 miles (12,875 km) from Johannesburg in South Africa to Heathrow.

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