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16-year-old survives in wheel well of plane
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Stowaway
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Date: April 21, 2014 04:20AM
16-year-old survives in wheel well of Maui flight
http://news.msn.com/us/16-year-old-survives-in-wheel-well-of-maui-flight
HONOLULU (AP) — A 16-year-old boy stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii on Sunday, surviving the trip halfway across the Pacific Ocean unharmed despite frigid temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen, FBI and airline officials said.
FBI spokesman Tom Simon in Honolulu told The Associated Press on Sunday night that the boy was questioned by the FBI after being discovered on the tarmac at the Maui airport with no identification.
"Kid's lucky to be alive," Simon said.
Simon said security footage from the San Jose airport verified that the boy from Santa Clara, Calif., hopped a fence to get to Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 on Sunday morning. The child had run away from his family after an argument, Simon said. Simon said when the flight landed in Maui, the boy hopped down from the wheel well and started wandering around the airport grounds.
"He was unconscious for the lion's share of the flight," Simon said. The flight lasted about 5½ hours.
Hawaiian Airlines spokeswoman Alison Croyle said airline personnel noticed the boy on the ramp after the flight arrived and immediately notified airport security.
"Our primary concern now is for the well-being of the boy, who is exceptionally lucky to have survived," Croyle said.
Simon said the boy was medically screened and found to be unharmed.
"Doesn't even remember the flight," Simon said. "It's amazing he survived that."
A call and email message to a Mineta San Jose International Airport spokeswoman were not immediately returned. Officials at Kahului Airport referred questions to the State Department of Transportation, which did not return a phone call seeking comment. A Transportation Security Agency spokesman who declined to be named referred questions to the FBI and airport authorities.
The boy was released to child protective services and not charged with a crime, Simon said.
In August, a 13- or 14-year-old boy in Nigeria survived a 35-minute trip in the wheel well of a domestic flight after stowing away. Authorities credited the flight's short duration and altitude of about 25,000. Others stowing away in wheel wells have died, including a 16-year-old killed after stowing away aboard a flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Boston in 2010 and a man who fell onto a suburban London street as a flight from Angola in 2012.
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HONOLULU (AP) — A 16-year-old boy stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii on Sunday, surviving the trip halfway across the Pacific Ocean unharmed despite frigid temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen, FBI and airline officials said.
FBI spokesman Tom Simon in Honolulu told The Associated Press on Sunday night that the boy was questioned by the FBI after being discovered on the tarmac at the Maui airport with no identification.
"Kid's lucky to be alive," Simon said.
Simon said security footage from the San Jose airport verified that the boy from Santa Clara, Calif., hopped a fence to get to Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 on Sunday morning. The child had run away from his family after an argument, Simon said. Simon said when the flight landed in Maui, the boy hopped down from the wheel well and started wandering around the airport grounds.
"He was unconscious for the lion's share of the flight," Simon said. The flight lasted about 5½ hours.
Hawaiian Airlines spokeswoman Alison Croyle said airline personnel noticed the boy on the ramp after the flight arrived and immediately notified airport security.
"Our primary concern now is for the well-being of the boy, who is exceptionally lucky to have survived," Croyle said.
Simon said the boy was medically screened and found to be unharmed.
"Doesn't even remember the flight," Simon said. "It's amazing he survived that."
A call and email message to a Mineta San Jose International Airport spokeswoman were not immediately returned. Officials at Kahului Airport referred questions to the State Department of Transportation, which did not return a phone call seeking comment. A Transportation Security Agency spokesman who declined to be named referred questions to the FBI and airport authorities.
The boy was released to child protective services and not charged with a crime, Simon said.
In August, a 13- or 14-year-old boy in Nigeria survived a 35-minute trip in the wheel well of a domestic flight after stowing away. Authorities credited the flight's short duration and altitude of about 25,000. Others stowing away in wheel wells have died, including a 16-year-old killed after stowing away aboard a flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Boston in 2010 and a man who fell onto a suburban London street as a flight from Angola in 2012.
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Re: 16-year-old survives in wheel well of plane
Posted by:
mjs82
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Date: April 21, 2014 04:45PM
Hmm. when did Hawaii become part of the commonwealth...
the fuck stick should have frozen...
the fuck stick should have frozen...
Re: 16-year-old survives in wheel well of plane
Posted by:
Luke Warmwater
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Date: April 21, 2014 05:03PM
Did the plane land in FX County?
Re: 16-year-old survives in wheel well of plane
Posted by:
Pontius Pilate
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Date: April 21, 2014 11:12PM
The boy was born in Santa Clara, CA Fairfax, VA!
Re: 16-year-old survives in wheel well of plane
Posted by:
WingNut
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Date: April 21, 2014 11:20PM
How the fuck does this kid know to climb into a wheel well?
Can't you get fucked up if you're not in the right place and the hydraulics in the lift crushes you?
Landing must feel like shit too...
I was thinking this was another Balloon Boy hoax, but they say they have vid of him climbing into the wheel well.
Can't you get fucked up if you're not in the right place and the hydraulics in the lift crushes you?
Landing must feel like shit too...
I was thinking this was another Balloon Boy hoax, but they say they have vid of him climbing into the wheel well.
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Re: 16-year-old survives in wheel well of plane
Posted by:
Crush on you
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Date: April 23, 2014 10:10AM
WingNut Wrote:
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> Can't you get fucked up if you're not in the right
> place and the hydraulics in the lift crushes you?
You can get fucked up if anything crushes you.
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> Can't you get fucked up if you're not in the right
> place and the hydraulics in the lift crushes you?
You can get fucked up if anything crushes you.
Re: 16-year-old survives in wheel well of plane
Posted by:
Luke Warmwater
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Date: April 23, 2014 10:52AM
WingNut Wrote:
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> Can't you get fucked up if you're not in the right
> place and the hydraulics in the lift crushes you?
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> Landing must feel like shit too...
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Actually very true. There was a case a few years ago where a stowaway got squished when they raised the gear after takeoff and one of his legs landed on someone's roof. With a shoe still on the foot!
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> Can't you get fucked up if you're not in the right
> place and the hydraulics in the lift crushes you?
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> Landing must feel like shit too...
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Actually very true. There was a case a few years ago where a stowaway got squished when they raised the gear after takeoff and one of his legs landed on someone's roof. With a shoe still on the foot!
Re: 16-year-old survives in wheel well of plane
Posted by:
Smashburger
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Date: April 23, 2014 11:10AM
Crush on you Wrote:
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> WingNut Wrote:
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> > Can't you get fucked up if you're not in the
> right
> > place and the hydraulics in the lift crushes
> you?
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> You can get fucked up if anything crushes you.
The hydraulics won't crush you, the landing gear will.
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> WingNut Wrote:
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> > Can't you get fucked up if you're not in the
> right
> > place and the hydraulics in the lift crushes
> you?
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> You can get fucked up if anything crushes you.
The hydraulics won't crush you, the landing gear will.
Re: 16-year-old survives in wheel well of plane
Posted by:
idiots
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Date: April 23, 2014 07:30PM
So, while the TSA was looking in granny's diapers, this kid just hops a fence and strolls out onto the ramp? What if he was a tur'rist with a bomb?
This stupid fucking country is doomed.
This stupid fucking country is doomed.