A 22-Year-Old Kenyan Was Found in A South African Plane Wheel

An unidentified 22-year-old Kenyan stowaway who somehow made it from South Africa to the Netherlands has been recognized. Now hospitalized, he has applied for asylum in the Netherlands. The man was found alive and well in the cargo hold of a Cargolux Boeing 747 freighter at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. Fortunately, he was conscious and able to interact with rescuers.

A 22-year-old Kenyan man was recently found as a stowaway on a flight that landed in Amsterdam, Netherlands

In Amsterdam, a 22-year-old Kenyan man was found alive in a plane’s wheel area, and Dutch military police have confirmed this. He is a patient at a hospital, where he is conscious and able to communicate. A stopover in Nairobi would have extended the flight time from Johannesburg to Amsterdam by nearly one hour and a half.

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The man was found in the plane’s cargo wheel

According to Dutch authorities, the 22-year-old Kenyan stowaway was discovered in the cargo plane’s wheel well after it flew from South Africa to the Netherlands. Police in Amsterdam said in a statement that they found the man hiding after the jet landed at Schipol Airport on Sunday. The man’s identification was not published. In light of the circumstances, the police stated that “The man is doing well considering the circumstances and has been taken to a hospital.”

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The man now seeks asylum in the Netherlands

He was found aboard a Cargolux freight flight from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Amsterdam, through Nairobi, Kenya. Whether he was in South Africa or Kenya, Dutch police are looking into it. A military police spokesperson said- “It is expected he will apply for asylum in the Netherlands, but his medical treatment is the priority at the moment.”

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He was lucky to make it to his new destination alive

The cold and low oxygen levels at high altitudes make it extremely difficult for stowaways to make it through long-haul flights. Only two of the seven stowaways detected on Dutch planes in the last five years were still alive. Stowaways on planes to the Netherlands are extremely unusual, according to Helmonds, who noted that earlier attempts involved would-be migrants from Nigeria and Kenya. A Nigerian man’s body was discovered in the landing gear of a jet at Schiphol airport last year.

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