According to CNN, the relevant Dutch agencies found a stowaway on the front of a cargo plane flying from South Africa to the Netherlands on the 23rd. Surprisingly, the stowaway was still alive after more than 11 hours on the wheels of the plane...
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CNN said ground crews at Schiphol airport first spotted the anomaly — they found a human-like object on the plane and immediately notified dutch agencies.
Joanne Hermonds, a spokeswoman for the Royal Dutch Gendarmerie, said Dutch police and emergency services arrived at the scene to find a man hiding in the front wheel of the freighter, who was still alive but had a lower body temperature when he was found. Hermonds told CNN: "We were surprised to find the man, but what was even more surprising was that he was alive after the plane flew more than 10,000 kilometers in very cold temperatures. ”
A spokesman for Dan Schiphol Airport revealed that the man's identity is temporarily unknown, but he is believed to be between the ages of 16 and 35. Hermonds also said the man was in stable condition when he was rescued at the airport and was subsequently taken to a hospital in Amsterdam. Hermonds also added: "When the man recovers and is discharged from the hospital, he will be taken to an asylum centre where his identity will be determined if he is indeed seeking asylum." ”。
According to the Royal Netherlands Gendarmerie, the freighter from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands took about 11 hours to fly, and the journey would be extended by several hours if the freighter stopped in Kenya.
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CNN said Cargolux, the Luxembourg cargo airline that owned the smuggler's cargo plane, declined to comment on the matter until the investigation was completed.
The British "Daily Mail" quoted data from the website of Schiphol Airport as saying that the only cargo flight that arrived at Schiphol Airport on the 23rd was a Boeing 747 cargo plane, which flew at an altitude of slightly higher than 35,000 feet (about 10,000 meters high), the standard ambient temperature of this altitude is about -54 degrees Celsius, and the oxygen in the air is about 25% less than at sea level, which usually leads to fatal problems such as hypoxia, frostbite, and hypothermia. What's more, people who try to grab the landing gear (or wheels) of an airplane are also at risk of being crushed by the landing gear and falling to their deaths as the landing gear retracts or unfolds.
This incident also triggered a lot of netizens to discuss. Some netizens expressed surprise at this: "What? Is it possible for a person to survive under such conditions? ”↓
Some netizens also said that there are loopholes in the security work of the airport: "Fortunately, it is just a stowaway, not a bomb (carrier), and the security is too lax." ”↓
"It's almost impossible to survive. Unbelievable! ”↓
Source: Global Network/Wang Yixuan
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Source: Author: World Wide Web Wang Yixuan