UK UK - Body of man who fell from plane found in a London garden, 1 July 2019

[GatorFL]

Is this the guy that almost killed a sunbather on the ground when he impacted? Landed like a meter away?

 

[Sprockett7701]

Is this the guy that almost killed a sunbather on the ground when he impacted? Landed like a meter away?

I believe so...but sadly I don’t think this is a rare occurrence...or wasn’t pre-Covid...

 

[GatorFL]

I believe so...but sadly I don’t think this is a rare occurrence...or wasn’t pre-Covid...

It's not rare, it definitely happens every year or so. I saw this story about a week ago, a photographer accidentally snapped a picture of a British kid falling out of a plane: This Boy Fell Out Of A Plane In 1970 — And A Photographer Accidentally Captured It

I read about the OP's guy after seeing this one. Big wiki page about these people falling from planes.

 

[Mrs Marple]

I thought that guy was identified

 

[Mrs Marple]

UK, Body of man who fell from plane found in a London garden, 1 July 2019 *ID’d as Paul Manyasi*

 

[Bethan]

UK, Body of man who fell from plane found in a London garden, 1 July 2019 *ID’d as Paul Manyasi*

According to Wikipedia the identification of this gentleman as Paul Manyasi is INCORRECT.

It came to light that a family were paid by a newspaper for the story that the deceased man was their son.

However this was not true, in fact their son has a completely different name & is alive but in jail in Kenya.

Sky news retracted their story on 22/11/2019.

Sky News correction

 

[Bethan]

The error in identifying this unfortunate man is more fully explained in the Guardian article shared by FrostOwl in April of this year.

Here’s the link again

Out of thin air: the mystery of the man who fell from the sky