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Reminds me of Stowaway [0], the incredible story of a teenage boy who escaped from his native Cuba by flying the Atlantic Ocean stowed away in the wheel well of
by hcrisp 6y ago
Reminds me of Stowaway [0], the incredible story of a teenage boy who escaped from his native Cuba by flying the Atlantic Ocean stowed away in the wheel well of a DC-8 airliner. Not as far as in the OP (he made it to Madrid), but he did not have access to a pressurized hold so he lacked oxygen, nearly froze, and barely escaped being crushed to death. But he did survive.
[0] https://www.rd.com/article/escape-from-cuba-dc-8/ https://www.rd.com/article/escape-from-cuba-dc-8/
- saalweachter 6y agoThere is a wide gap between "survivable" and "safe".
- bin_bash 6y agoHappened more recently than that too https://www.cnn.com/2014/06/18/us/teen-plane-stowaway/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2014/06/18/us/teen-plane-stowaway/index....
- hashhar 6y agoI so distinctly remember reading this in a second-hand paperback copy of Reader's Digest back when I was a teenager. I was so fascinated by this story - thanks for reminding me of it and helping me re-read it to relive some of it.