Some facts at last – earlier knowledge of these would have saved an awful lot of hot air – thanks very much, gordo.
This is in ther very best spirit of this Forum, knowledgable people providing facts when and where needed.
Of course there may be some who still doubt your word, but I for one at least am completely satisfied to learn of the true situation.

Although I haven’t worked in radar for quite a long time, and nothing is impossible, from what I remember of the most advanced radar technology I worked with, it would be extremely difficult to do this and probably not cost-effective.

Sounds bad that! Would be a little unusual seeing an engine flying in the air on it’s own! hehe

It’s only funny if it lands on someone else’s house.
Thank God it fell in the lake instead.

Found this newspaper article from 2000

A stowaway was found in the wheel compartment of an ATR-72 aircraft operated by Vietnam Airlines on 24 November.

The airline grounded the aircraft after the man was discovered during a stopover in Nha Trang. The aircraft was en route from Ho Chi Minh City to Denang. The flight to Nha Trang takes about 70 minutes, with the aircraft flying at an altitude of 5,000 to 6,000 metres, an airline spokesperson told Reuters.

The man was apparently in good condition and was flown back to Ho Chi Minh City on another flight the same day. The 22-year-old man had apparently fallen asleep in the wheel well after wandering into Tan Son Nhat Airport from a nearby rice field and did not get out because he was afraid of being caught as a thief according to Thanh Nien, a local newspaper.

beistrich, are you asking if anyone ever survived after stowing away in a wheel well? (I don’t know, by the way)

Douglas C-74

(photo from the Aerofiles web site)
Only the earliest C-74s had the twin “bug-eye” cockpits, later models had a single wider cockpit.

Bahrain 1968

Is this too old?