Mysterious death of the co-pilot on a twin-engine CASA CN-21

[RobPol471 173]

 

Mystery Surrounds Man's Death After He Exits Plane Mid-Air Before Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mystery-surrounds-mans-death-exits-012938183.html

 

23-year-old man who 'exited' plane found dead in Fuquay-Varina after massive search

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article263974426.html

 

Video of the emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

https://www.wral.com/on-cam-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-rdu/20395379/

[charliearon 3,041]

Did he open the back cargo door to check on the broken landing gear and just fall out or jumped?  🪂  Oops!  Forgot the parachute! 😳

[RobPol471 173]

Flight route from R20 to KRDU (FlightAware).

 

 

 

[mwilk 1,107]

47 minutes ago, charliearon said:

Did he open the back cargo door to check on the broken landing gear and just fall out or jumped?  🪂  Oops!  Forgot the parachute! 😳

Here's a video that gives an explanation of what might have happened.

 

[n4gix 4,955]

I fully agree with the probable reason for the young man to have fallen. Having to lie face down on that short, steep ramp to assess the starboard main gear was excessively dangerous!

[dmwalker 612]

11 hours ago, n4gix said:

I fully agree with the probable reason for the young man to have fallen. Having to lie face down on that short, steep ramp to assess the starboard main gear was excessively dangerous!

Why wouldn't he just look out from the cockpit window? It seems to be able to be opened and it looks as if he could at least see that the wheel was missing.

Or go straight to the low pass over RDU, which he did anyway, and let the people on the ground assess the problem?

Edited August 2, 2022 by dmwalker

[overspeed3 410]

Either that guy fell out by accident trying to inspect the landing gear, or he totally panicked when he thought the airplane might be in a more serious crash: So he jumped? 

[mwilk 1,107]

Until the pilot tells his story there's no way to know for sure.

[RobPol471 173]

The pilot, according to this article, allegedly told the KRDU tower that his co-pilot 'jumped out' of plane before emergency landing.

https://www.wral.com/man-told-rdu-tower-his-co-pilot-jumped-out-of-plane-before-emergency-landing/20400157/