Man dies, another survives after clinging on a plane from Johannesburg to London
Saturday, June 20, 2015
The survivor was found unconscious in the undercarriage of the plane on Thursday morning having endured freezing temperatures over the 12,875km 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 427m when it passed over the area.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...