South Bay Teen Stowaway Planned To Sneak Onto Other Flights To See Mother A teenage stowaway who hitched a ride from San Jose to Hawaii in the wheel well of a jet says he knew exactly what he was doing when he hopped a fence at the airport.
Family Of Stowaway Teen Breaks Silence About Hawaiian Flight And Miraculous SurvivalThe family of the 15 year old who breached security at Mineta San Jose International Airport and stowed away in the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines jet says he's run away before, and was not trying to get to Africa, or see his birth mother, despite international reports.
Stowaway Teen Was Disoriented, Could Barely Walk After Wheel Well Flight From San Jose To HawaiiLong flights can leave anyone a little unsteady, but a teenager who defied the odds, surviving a flight from California to Hawaii tucked in a jetliner’s wheel well, was disoriented, thirsty and could barely walk after the freezing, low-pressure ordeal, airport officials who reviewed video of his arrival said Wednesday.
Stowaway Teen At San Jose Airport May Have Been Trying To Find Flight To AfricaA Santa Clara teenager remained in custody Tuesday, two days after apparently surviving a five hour flight across the Pacific Ocean tucked inside the plane’s wheel well.
Surveillance Video Shows Teen Stowaway Climbing Into Wheel Well of JetAirport surveillance video could dispel doubts that a 15-year-old boy from the Bay Area actually hitched a ride aboard a passenger jet and flew from San Jose Mineta International Airport to Maui over the weekend, and survived the flight.
How Rare Was San Jose Teen's Successful Wheel Well Stowaway Flight?The South Bay teen who survived a five plus hour flight inside the wheel well of a jet traveling from San Jose to Maui is lucky to be alive today. A look at other stowaway attempts reveals that successful wheel well trips are rare, but not completely unprecedented.
Teen Stowaway Won't Face Federal Charges For Sneaking On San Jose To Maui FlightThe city of San Jose will not pursue criminal charges against a teen boy who snuck into the wheel well of an airliner early Sunday and survived a five-hour flight to Hawaii, San Jose Mineta International Airport officials said.