Stowaway falls to death from British Airways plane onto London shop roof

By Philip Otuo,

A stowaway has fallen to his death after clinging to the bottom of a British Airways jet as it flew over London.

The man is believed to have plunged from the aircraft and onto the offices of a clothes business in Richmond, south-west London.

Another man is in hospital after surviving the fall.

The pair are said to have held onto the plane as it flew more than 8,000 miles from Johannesburg in South Africa to Heathrow.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told ITV News that it was investigating the incident.

On Thursday June 18 at about 8.30am, police received reports of suspect stowaway on a flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow.

A man between aged between 25- 30, is currently in a west London hospital and enquires are ongoing. The man is in a serious but stable condition.

At 9.35am, officers received a call to reports of of a body discovered on top of a building in Kew, West London.

The death is described as unexplained.

A post mortem will be held in due course, and investigations are ongoing as to whether the deceased was a possible stowaway.

– SCOTLAND YARD SPOKESMAN

A British Airways spokesperson said: "We are working with the Metropolitan Police and the authorities in Johannesburg to establish the facts surrounding this very rare case."

Last updated Fri 19 Jun 2015