From: "Tony Ingenoso" 

Not many I'd guess unless its a shorter hop at lower altitudes.  Wheel well
areas usually aren't pressurized or heated.

At 30-40K feet where the long distance flights fly its very cold and the
air is very thin.   I've been to 16K without oxygen for a
few minutes in a jump plane as it climbed and prepared to make a jump run. 
You start to feel the effects rapidly once over 12-13K. The general
guideline is oxygen is required for any significant length of time if
you're going over 10K

Airliner altitude for a few hours is a virtually guaranteed fatality.

"Randy H"  wrote in message
news:3ff33232{at}w3.nls.net...
> The fact that another stiff occured on an American Airlines flight makes me
> wonder how many may have succeeded.
>
> "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
> news:3ff307c8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/12/31/plane.death/index.html
> >
> > If a stiff can be tucked in a wheel well for almost a week to where they
> start to get ripe, this doesn't say much for preflight
> > inspections on BA.  One might expect a mechanic looking for leaky hoses,
> frayed wire, structural cracks etc to notice.
> >
> >
>
>

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