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"Exceptionally Lucky" 16-Year-Old Survives 5-Hour Flight in Jet's Wheel Well (San Jose to Maui)
NBC Bay Area ^ | Monday, Apr 21, 2014 | OSKAR GARCIA

Posted on 04/21/2014 10:16:19 AM PDT by nickcarraway

"Kid's lucky to be alive," FBI spokesman Tom Simon in Honolulu told The Associated Press.

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.

Not only was he unharmed, but officials also said he wasn't even dirty.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcbayarea.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: airplane; maui; plane; sanjose; securityfailure; somalia; stowaway; tsafailure
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1 posted on 04/21/2014 10:16:19 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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A lot of people are, “lucky to be alive.” This kid is way beyond that.


2 posted on 04/21/2014 10:19:30 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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“A Congressman who serves on the Homeland Security committee wondered how the teen could have snuck onto the airfield at San Jose unnoticed.”

San Jose is IN the San Francisco Bay Area!!


3 posted on 04/21/2014 10:22:05 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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I guess if we want to avoid being groped by TSA we can just cut holes in the airport perimeter fence and jump in the wheel well.

Nice security there guys... /s


4 posted on 04/21/2014 10:23:39 AM PDT by Cacique500
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“... he wasn’t even dirty.”

Sounds like a well maintained hydraulics system to me.


5 posted on 04/21/2014 10:23:58 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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Lucky? How is it even possible—if there’s little sealing of the wheel compartment from the outside? I wonder what the time-profile of temperature and pressure are in there.


6 posted on 04/21/2014 10:24:35 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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I heard someone say it’s almost unimaginable her survived. But there is a video of him sneaking in. They say he was unconscious most of the flight.


7 posted on 04/21/2014 10:26:04 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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They say he was unconscious most of the flight.

That also described Biden on his trip to the Ukraine.

8 posted on 04/21/2014 10:28:06 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Just an ‘unticketed’ ‘immigrant’ trying to get somewhere for a better life. It would be an act of ‘love’ to let him stay or provide him with a First Class ticket home.


9 posted on 04/21/2014 10:28:06 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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“They say he was unconscious most of the flight.”
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Anybody crazy enough to do that wasn’t REALLY conscious BEFORE the flight!!!


10 posted on 04/21/2014 10:28:12 AM PDT by RipSawyer
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They say he was unconscious most of the flight.

Now here is a lad who has shown an aptitude for politics!

11 posted on 04/21/2014 10:29:00 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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His being unconscious may have reduced his body’s oxygen requirements to the point that he could survive the flight. Amazing nonetheless.


12 posted on 04/21/2014 10:29:47 AM PDT by Bob
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I'm glad to know that all the increased security is paying off. I was beginning to think getting groped by the TSA was just abuse...
13 posted on 04/21/2014 10:30:30 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: nickcarraway
I flew coach from Boston to Newark a few weeks ago.I'm convinced that *I'm* lucky to be alive.
14 posted on 04/21/2014 10:31:19 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
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I was wondering if something like that was possible.


15 posted on 04/21/2014 10:37:50 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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He survived because he didn’t eat the airline food.


16 posted on 04/21/2014 10:38:57 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
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To: nickcarraway

I blame Toy Story 2 for inspiring this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUhoqpPJ3I


17 posted on 04/21/2014 10:39:22 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: SkyDancer

Barbara Walters says that currently the boy is feeling, “wheel well.”


18 posted on 04/21/2014 10:40:48 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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LOL’s


19 posted on 04/21/2014 10:52:14 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
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To: Don Corleone

Funny.


20 posted on 04/21/2014 10:56:16 AM PDT by BigIsleGal (Wake Me Up When the Stupid Wears Off)
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