Dominican Man Emerges From Jet Wheel Well
.c The Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) - A stowaway from the Dominican Republic was discovered emerging from the wheel well of a commercial passenger jet Friday after it landed at Miami International Airport, officials said.
The migrant, whose name was not released, was taken into custody by Customs and Border Protection for processing for repatriation, immigration officials said. He was not injured.
A ramp employee notified customs workers after seeing the man climb out of the right wheel well of the American Airlines flight from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Customs officials and American Airlines security were trying to determine how security measures were breached for the one hour, 40 minute flight.
Wheel well stowaways on longer flights have died in the oxygen-poor air and cold temperatures found at high altitudes. In December, two bodies were found in wheel wells of planes that landed at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
.c The Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) - A stowaway from the Dominican Republic was discovered emerging from the wheel well of a commercial passenger jet Friday after it landed at Miami International Airport, officials said.
The migrant, whose name was not released, was taken into custody by Customs and Border Protection for processing for repatriation, immigration officials said. He was not injured.
A ramp employee notified customs workers after seeing the man climb out of the right wheel well of the American Airlines flight from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Customs officials and American Airlines security were trying to determine how security measures were breached for the one hour, 40 minute flight.
Wheel well stowaways on longer flights have died in the oxygen-poor air and cold temperatures found at high altitudes. In December, two bodies were found in wheel wells of planes that landed at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
