Black teen hides in wheel of airplane, falls to his death, parents sue

Black teen hides in wheel of airplane, falls to his death, parents sue

Delvonte Tisdale, 16, was homesick. He ran away from home on Nov. 14, 2010, because he was unhappy with his new home in Charlotte, N.C.; he preferred to move back to Baltimore. Taking his living situation into his own hands, he decided to hitch a ride aboard a Boeing 777 departing from the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. US Airways Flight 1176 was headed to Boston. The flight crew was unaware that they had a stowaway in the wheel well.

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