A stowaway was discovered in the wheel section of a freight plane that arrived in Amsterdam s Schiphol Airport from South Africa on Sunday, Dutch military police said.
The man is doing well considering the circumstances and has been taken to a hospital, the police in charge of Dutch border control said in a statement.
A police spokeswoman said the man's age and nationality had not yet been determined. Their first concern was for his health. It is very unusual that someone was able to survive the cold at such a height. A spokesman for Cargolux said in an email that the stowaway had been on a flight operated by Cargolux Italia. They said they are not in a position to make any further comment until the authorities and the airline have completed their investigtion.
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's website and flight tracking data.
A spokesman for the airport wouldn't answer any questions about the incident.