A stowaway has died after falling from a plane in England, while another man is in a serious condition in hospital.
The two men are believed to have held on to a British Airways plane as it flew almost 13,000km from Johannesburg in South Africa to Heathrow Airport in London.
The victim fell on to a shop in Richmond in southwest London, which is below the flight path, yesterday morning.
A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "We were called at 9.35am on Thursday 18 June to Kew Road, Richmond, to reports of a body discovered.
"Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and found the body of a dead man on the roof of a business premises.
"The death is currently being treated as unexplained.
"A post-mortem examination will be held in due course and inquiries are ongoing to establish the male's identity," she said,
She confirmed that no arrests have been made.
"In regards to the male who survived, police were alerted at 8.28am on 18 June to reports of a suspected stowaway on a flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow," the Scotland Yard spokeswoman said.
"The man, aged believed to be between 25 to 30, has been taken to a west London hospital and currently remains in a serious condition.
"Inquiries are ongoing to establish the man's identity," she added.
