If you've watched the news recently you may have heard about the 15
year-old boy who stowed away in the wheel well of an airplane that flew
from California to Hawaii. He endured extreme cold and a lack of
oxygen, but he survived. I thought surely the Federal Aviation
Administration would have statistics on this sort of incident, but all I
found was a report from 1996 that summarizes incidents from 1947-1993.
See report #96/25, "Survival at High Altitudes: Wheel Well
Passengers:"
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/1990s/1996/9625/
And
for those of you who might be thinking about stowing away, please
reconsider. Even though airplane seats are nearly as uncomfortable as
the wheel well, you do at least get heat and oxygen on most flights.
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