US teenager survives five-hour flight in wheel well

[Mal]

BBC News - US teenager survives five-hour flight in wheel well

Very lucky boy.

A 16-year-old boy has survived an extraordinary journey hidden in the wheel well of a five-hour flight from California to Hawaii.

 

[Intra]

What, the heck? Running away from home, yes, lets fly to Hawaii in Z class.... This is what gets me...

He survived a lack of oxygen and freezing temperatures as the plane climbed to 12,000m (39,000ft).Mr Simon said the boy had been unconscious for most of the journey.

And he still lives... Geez, one very lucky kid. Its one way I hope I will never fly - The higher the class letter, the better.
Z<Y<J<F

 

[TomVexille]

I'm not sure if that's desperation or stupidity.

Either way, he's incredibly lucky to have survived.

 

[turtlemichael]

In its typically comprehensive way here is an NY Times article on the incident and its background. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/u...-odds-in-surviving-5-hour-flight.html?hp&_r=0

 

[Intra]

OT slightly, but can anyone else note the great piece of British Journalism in the screen I've just taken from the BCC News App.....

 

[Shan Man]

OT slightly, but can anyone else note the great piece of British Journalism in the screen I've just taken from the BCC News App.....

its the best room of journalists I've ever seen.

An empty one.

 

[Intra]

...and the Forum Image problem strikes again... I uploaded via the iOS App a Screen direct from the BBC News App itself, but yea... well... Chairs. Nope :?

 

[JohnK]

OT slightly, but can anyone else note the great piece of British Journalism in the screen I've just taken from the BCC News App.....

The Kalleske Barossa Valley Shiraz?