Man Found Dead On Rooftop As Another Survives After Clinging To British-Bound Flight

An unknown man has remained in a critical condition in hospital after surviving a 10-hour flight by clinging to the undercarriage of a British Airways flight from which another stowaway is feared to have died when he landed on a roof top.

The survivor, who was found unconscious in the undercarriage of the plane having endured freezing temperatures over the 8,000 miles flight from Johannesburg to London.

The body of the dead man was discovered an hour later on the roof of a west London office building. It is not clear if he was killed in the fall; flight data reveals the plane would have been at an altitude of around 1,400ft (427m) when it passed over the area.

Scotland Yard say they believe they know the survivor’s identity and that he is 24 years old, but are awaiting confirmation. Scotland Yard said officers were looking into whether there was a connection between the survivor and the dead man, who was found under the busy flight path of planes coming into Heathrow over the Richmond area.