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   Two bodies were found in the landing gear of an Airbus A320neo from Avianca on   
   Friday evening during inspection work in the Colombian capital Bogota. It   
   concerns the discovery of two young men between the ages of 15 and 20 years.   
       
   Flight AV116 had departed from Santiago de Chile earlier in the day. According   
   to official information from the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority, two   
   people were found dead in the landing gear during the subsequent maintenance   
   inspection.   
       
   The bodies found would have been frozen. Both men may have already crawled   
   into the landing gear bay earlier this month in the Dominican Republic.   
       
   It is more common for illegal immigrants to resort to hiding in the holds or   
   landing gear compartments of aircraft, a fact that often leads to tragedies   
   such as on Avianca flight AV116.   
       
   Higher altitude outside an aircraft is a deadly environment due to the extreme   
   cold and the ultra low oxygen levels.    
      
   --- DB4 - MidniteSpecial   
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