A clandestine man is recovering in a Dutch hospital this weekend, after taking a walk from Nairobi, Kenya to the Netherlands, with the landing gear of an Airbus A330 cargo.
Authorities found the 16-year-old alive inside the plane and suffering from severe hypothermia, The Telegraph reported. He is currently being treated at a hospital in Maastricht after making the 5,000-mile journey.
It is not known how the teenager, who is from Kenya, managed to get on the landing gear, but authorities said he was lucky to be alive.
Although it may seem like a good idea for a free flight, coupling in the landing gear of an aircraft frequently leads to death by exposure. Flights usually spend hours at an altitude of 38,000 feet, where oxygen is also scarce.
“He was very lucky to go through this,” a spokesman for Maastricht Aachen Airport told Netherland News Live.