BA stowaway falls to death in London after 8,000-mile flight

Body discovered on a roof in Richmond as another man survives the 11-hour journey from Johannesburg

British Airways plane
(Image credit: PASCAL PAVANI/AFP/Getty)

A stowaway who is believed to have clung onto a British Airways flight from South Africa has fallen to his death in London, while another man survived the journey and is being treated in hospital.

The two men are thought to have found their way into the plane's undercarriage at Johannesburg airport, before embarking on an 8,000-mile overnight flight to London.

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