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According to accounts, the stowaway was concealed in the nose wheel area for the duration of the flight and was discovered conscious by Dutch officials when the jet arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Sunday morning.
According to a Schiphol airport official and police, the individual has been hiding in the wheel compartment since the jet left Johannesburg. He is thought to be between the ages of 16 and 35.
“We learned that a person was found having stowed away on a cargo plane at the airport’s cargo platform,” Schiphol Airport spokeswoman, Willemeike Koster, told CNN.
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The man was able to answer basic questions before an ambulance arrived at the airport, according to Dutch network NOS.
“We were surprised upon finding this man but even more surprised at him being alive after the plane flew over 10,000 [kilometers] in very, very cold temperatures,” said Dutch Military Police spokeswoman, Joanne Helmonds.