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Unless I have misunderstood something, that article says the mortality rate is 76% for people who do this, making it only a 4-1 chance of success, which isn't long odds at all?

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FYI: that would be a 3-1 chance against, i.e. 3 failures for each success (expressed odds are a ratio, not a fraction).

An unknown number of attempt end with the stowaway falling out of the wheel well after takeoff and before touchdown.

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