DA: Teen Dies After Falling Out of Plane

(Quincy, Massachusetts) Last month, a 16-year-old male teen, Delvonte Tisdale, allegedly breached security and entered the landing gear well of a US Airways Boeing 737 just before takeoff at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Tisdale's body, battered and partially clad, was found at night November 15 on a street in Milton, Massachusetts.

Only last week, Norfolk County District Attorney William Keating said the investigation pointed to Tisdale avoiding airport personnel and hiding in a commercial airliner.

Keating, who will take a seat in Congress next month, called for a full-fledged review to prevent someone, such as a terrorist, from gaining access to jetliner in the way evidently Tisdale did.

Investigators found grease on Tisdale’s clothing and are testing it to see if it matches grease used on two aircraft they examined at the Charlotte airport.

On Friday, police searching the Blue Hills Reservation near Brierbrook Street found a pair of dark Nike Air Force sneakers and a red shirt that matched descriptions given to police by Tisdale’s family. The items had similar grease stains.

Keating has said forensic tests have been unable to confirm that hand prints found in the wheel well – in places where hand prints would not normally be found – were made by Tisdale’s hands.

The Transportation Security Administration is investigating the apparent security breach.