Plane flew seven flights with dead man in wheel well A dead man was found in the wheel well of an iFLY plane. Picture: iFly AN iFLY jet took SEVEN flights before maintenance workers finally noticed there was a dead stowaway in the wheel well. The iFly Airbus A330-300 had completed a flight from Rimini, Italy to Moscow, Russia when maintenance workers noticed blood stains on the main landing gear struts. After a complete inspection of the wheel well they found the remains of a male carrying a Georgia passport. According to the Aviation Herald, autopsy results on June 6 revealed the man had frozen to death. Investigations are underway to determine where the man might have got onto the aircraft. While it may seem impossible to most people that maintenance workers would not see a dead man, industry experts have fiercely debated the case on internet forums. On KeyPublishing's forum Harrie Spotter said: "Something like this is next to impossible to see on a pre-flight runaround. Remember that the landing gear doors are closed when on the ground. If there is not a clear trickle of blood or guts running past the landing gear strut you would not be able to see it. Others were not so sympathetic. Enjoy the sky wrote: "I cannot believe that no one would have had those doors open at any time during those seven rotations. I spent 25 years in aviation, ten of which was in the post of Traffic Officer, so spent a lot of time on the ramp. Our based aircraft would be given the 'once over' by line maintenance personnel once a day, more than once if the crew demanded it, and always, when the aircraft was on a 'night stop' this included the opening of the wheel well doors, amongst a lot of other things. Sorry to disagree with you, but someone should have seen this, no question.