{"id":121078,"date":"2022-01-24T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=121078"},"modified":"2022-01-24T23:47:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T23:47:27","slug":"stowaway-found-alive-in-landing-gear-at-amsterdam-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/01\/stowaway-found-alive-in-landing-gear-at-amsterdam-airport.html","title":{"rendered":"Stowaway found alive in landing gear of a plane at Amsterdam airport."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dutch police say they have found a stowaway alive in the wheel section of a plane that landed at Amsterdam&#8217;s Schiphol airport from South Africa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-60104010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BBC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flights from Johannesburg to Amsterdam take about 11 hours, with the cargo plane believed to have made one stop, in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/01\/aegean-airlines-suspends-flights-to-beirut.html\">Aegean Airlines suspends flights to Beirut after plane damage.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is very unusual for stowaways on long flights to survive, due to the cold and low oxygen at high altitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man&#8217;s age and nationality have not yet been determined, police say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The man was found alive in the nose wheel section of the plane and was taken to hospital in a stable condition,&#8221; Royal Dutch Military Police spokeswoman Joanna Helmonds told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is quite remarkable that the man is still alive,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192<a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/12\/argentine-court-acquits-those-tried-crash-of-austral.html\"> Argentine court acquits those tried for crash of Austral airliner in 1997.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dutch broadcaster NOS, the man&#8217;s body temperature was raised at the scene and by the time an ambulance arrived, he was able to answer basic questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for freight carrier Cargolux confirmed in an email to Reuters that the stowaway had been on a flight operated by Cargolux Italia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to flight data, the only Cargolux freight flight from Johannesburg to Schiphol on Sunday also made a stop in Nairobi. 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