Amsterdam, Jan 24, (dpa/GNA) – Dutch police discovered a stowaway hidden in the nose wheel section of a cargo plane, that landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, after a flight that started in South Africa.
The man was taken to hospital in good condition, police said on Sunday, despite the threats posed by the cold weather and low oxygen levels at such high altitudes, not to mention the risk of falling.
No information was given about the man’s age or nationality.
According to Dutch media reports, the Cargolux plane had stopped over in Kenya before arriving in the Netherlands at the weekend.
It was not known when the man boarded the plane.
GNA