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Stowaway survives in nose wheel of flight from Africa to Amsterdam

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Reuters 

AMSTERDAM) - A stowaway was discovered in the wheel section under the front of a Cargolux freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam&#x27;s Schiphol airport from Africa on Sunday, Dutch military police said.&quot;The man is doing well considering the circumstances and has been taken to a hospital,&quot; the police, who are in charge of Dutch border control, said in a statement.Marechausse spokeswoman Joanna Helmonds said the man&#x27;s age and nationality had not yet been determined.&quot;Our first concern of course was for his health,&quot; she said.&quot;This is definitely very unusual that someone was able to survive the cold at such a height - very, very unusual.&quot;A spokesperson for freight carrier Cargolux confirmed in an email that the stowaway had been on a flight operated by Cargolux Italia.&quot;We are not in a position to make any further comment until the authorities and the airline have completed their investigation,&quot; they said.The only Cargolux freight flight arriving at Schiphol on Sunday was a Boeing 747 freighter that travelled from Johannesburg and made a stop in Nairobi, Kenya, according to Schiphol&#x27;s website and flight tracking data.A spokesperson for the airport declined to answer questions about the incident. (Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Susan Fenton and Gareth Jones)

A stowaway was discovered in the wheel section under the front of a Cargolux freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport from Africa.