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The medical conundrum of plane stowaways
- wyclif 11y agoImagine the desperation that would cause a person to stowaway on a high-altitude flight. But I wonder if those that do simply aren't aware of the risk.
- yitchelle 11y agoAs I have not experienced their situation in any shape, that is very difficult to say. Reading the various news article about the current crisis in the Mediterranean and its thousands of death, all methods of escaping the troubles is high risk. Given their plight, I feel very privileged (in an obnoxious way) to even able to make such as a comment.
- ak39 11y agoTrue true. Also remember that these poor folks often have to pay agents and profitiers who are nothing but scam artists. Sociopaths. The poor will pay with what is usually their life savings to simply get an opportunity to escape. And these "escape profitiers" care nothing for the lives of the desperate (and therefore gullible) people. There are cases where the escaping hopefuls are rounded up and summarily executed. The stowaways at OR Thambo airport were no doubt assisted by profitiering agents who sold the idea of yet another successful escape.