A man was found barely alive hidden in the wheel well of an aircraft that arrived at Paris’s Orly Airport from Algeria on Thursday.
The stowaway, believed to be in his 20s, has severe hypothermia, said officials.
He was discovered during technical checks after the Air Algerie flight from Oran, north-west Algeria, landed at midmorning, French prosecutors said.
A stowaway was found alive but in critical condition in the wheel well of an Air Algeria Boeing 737-8D6 aircraft (7T-VKQ) at Paris Orly airport (ORY) on Thursday morning.
Aircraft came from the Western Algerian town of Oran (ORN),a two-and-a-half hour flight AH1060 from Paris. pic.twitter.com/R5lgZkkI41
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The individual was swiftly transported to a hospital in serious condition.
An airport source earlier reported that the man “was alive but in a life-threatening condition because of severe hypothermia”.
Flight #AH1060 was operated by a Boeing 737-800 for a 2 hours and 9 minutes flight.
It cruised at 36,000 ft over Spain and France and landed at Paris Orly at 10:15 CET.
