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steve74
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Man found dead in street below Heathrow flight path could be illegal immigrant stowawayOh my, how horrific is that - not to mention messy?  Typically, the Daily Mail focusses on the illegal immigrant angle!
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm
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Location: Scotland
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if it was wheelie bin day he may of landed straight in the bin _________________
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Zippy
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Location: Here Abouts
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Corrected. Quite nasty, I hope nobody suffers PTSD. Not the kind of thing that happens every day fortunately. _________________The Official "Saucy Minx"  This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: London
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Imagine filling the the diagram for "how did the accident happen" on the insurance form if it that was your car. They'd never believe you.
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forquare1
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I just have "He jumped from 40 thousand feet without a parachute"...In my head.
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Spreadie
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It's hard to imagine just how much would be left of a body, after hitting the ground at terminal velocity.
Then again, if the theory that he stowed away in the undercarriage is correct, he was probably frozen solid after a few hours at -40.
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Amnesia10
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But wouldn't he have shattered on impact a bit like the T1000 did after the liquid nitrogen? _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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l3v1ck
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Doubt it . Liquid nitrogen is waaaaay colder than -40c.
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JJW009
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OP's quote does say "parts of his body had flown up to 20ft away ‘like a melon being whacked’", and -40 is pretty deep frozen. I guess "fragmented" rather than than "shattered".
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cloaked_wolf
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The human body is still largely water.
Splattered might be more appropriate.
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Amnesia10
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Yes but even at -40 the body would freeze. Would it really make much difference if it were -40 or -160? _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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l3v1ck
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In terms of "shattering", it probably would make a difference.
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Amnesia10
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Not having liquid Nitrogen, or a spare dead body handy to confirm I will accept that. Material properties can be very different at different temperatures. Also if it was going to shatter after being at -40 it would have shattered on the London street, though could it have heated up sufficiently to change impact properties? A question for Mythbusters!  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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l3v1ck
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Or (even if a body at -40c could shatter) could he have frozen to that point in a flight. Just becasue it's -40 in the wheel well doesn't mean his body core would have time to drop that low after death.
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