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Kenyan Man's Desperate Fall from KQ Plane

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Nyakundi Report

Newsroom 2 min read

This archive report was first published on 13 November 2019.

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, June 30, 2019, residents in south London were enjoying their leisure time when a terrifying thump shook the peace in Offerton Road.

A man had fallen through the sky for a kilometre, landing in a crater in one of the back gardens, narrowly missing a tenant on a sun-lounger.

His lifeless frame had pulverised the concrete and mangled the lawn, leaving a witness to describe him as a 'block of ice.'

As the locals were left shocked and puzzled, Sky News began an investigation to determine the identity of the man.

After months of inquiry, it was revealed that the man was a 29-year-old who worked as an airport cleaner in Kenya, named Paul Manyasi.

His girlfriend, Irene, revealed that Manyasi had planned to start a family but made a decision that virtually guaranteed his demise.

Manyasi's body fell from a Kenyan Airways jet coming to land at Heathrow Airport on June 30, 2019, and landed just inches away from John Baldock, who was sunbathing in his garden in Clapham, south London.

Mr. Manyasi's father confirmed that a bag, sports shoes, and red underwear found hidden on the flight belonged to his son.

A witness who saw the body fall from the plane described it as 'horrific.'

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