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Stowaway found alive in the wheel of the plane

Tue 25 Jan 2022    
EcoBalance
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A man has been found alive who had been a stowaway in the wheel of a plane after an 11-hour flight from South Africa to Amsterdam.

He was found alive at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport recently, having touched down in the nose wheel of a cargo plane from South Africa.

The Dutch military police (Royal Netherlands Marechaussee) said the man was ‘doing well under the circumstances and had been transported to the hospital.

Although stowaways rarely survive flights due to the low temperatures and oxygen levels at high altitudes the man was able to answer basic questions by the time an ambulance had arrived at the scene.

Dutch military police spokesperson Joanna Helmonds said: “The man was found alive in the nose wheel section of the plane and was taken to hospital in a stable condition.

“It is quite remarkable that the man is still alive.”

The stowaway was found on a flight operated by Cargolux Italia, and according to flight tracking data, there was only one freight flight operated by the airline from Johannesburg to Schiphol yesterday.

This flight stopped in Nairobi, Kenya, but it is not yet clear when or how the stowaway hid in the wheel. 

Source: Agencies


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