Stowaway in nose wheel of plane survives flight from Africa to Amsterdam: 'It is quite remarkable that the man is still alive'
"He has applied for asylum in the Netherlands," the police said, adding that authorities are"investigating the travel route and whether there is any question of human smuggling."
A Cargolux Airlines International Boeing 747-4HQF landing in Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport in The Netherlands on August 30, 2018.The man is believed to have slipped onboard the plane before it left Johannesburg, Royal Dutch Military Police spokeswoman Joanne Helmonds said Sunday. Flight times between Johannesburg and Amsterdam average about 11 hours. The flight from Nairobi to Amsterdam is more than eight hours.
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