From the archive – Out of thin air: the mystery of the man who fell from the sky

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The Guardian

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors This week, from 2021: In 2019, the body of a man fell from a passenger plane into a garden in south London. Who was he? by Sirin Kale. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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1:17.0	Hi, my name is Shirin Kala. I'm a feature writer at The Guardian and I'm also the author of Out of
1:30.1	Thin Air, the mystery of the man who fell from the sky, published in April 2021.
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