US teen survives five-hour flight in jet's wheel well

By THE MANILA TIMES

Apr 22, 2014 11:59 am

LOS ANGELES: A US teenager was lucky to be alive Monday after surviving a bone-chilling, low-oxygen flight from California to Hawaii in a jet's wheel well, authorities said.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified the stowaway as a 16-year-old male who climbed the fence at a San Jose airport.

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