Man travels from Johannesburg to Amsterdam on flight's wheel section. AND is alive!

Think you are a successful risk taker? This man is going to leave you shook. A stowaway was found ALIVE in the wheel section under the front of a Boeing 747 freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from Johannesburg, South Africa on January 23. 

For context, flights from Johannesburg are known take about 11 hours to reach Amsterdam; and this cargo plane made one stop, in Nairobi, Kenya. Stowaways generally do not end up surviving due to the cold and low oxygen at high altitudes.

A Boeing 747 flies at an altitude of just over 35,000 ft and a speed of over 550 mph.The standard ambient temperature at 35,000 ft is around -54C, with around 25 per cent less oxygen in the air than at sea level.

Such atmospheric conditions would typically result in hypoxia, frostbite, hypothermia and a host of other conditions... but this stowaway managed to arrive in Amsterdam with no such problem. 

Calling it very unusual, a Dutch police spokesperson confirmed that the nationality and age of the stowaway has yet not been determined. The man has been taken to a hospital in stable condition.

As per the Dutch broadcaster NOS, the stowaway's body temperature was 'raised at the scene' and by the time an ambulance arrived, he was able to answer basic questions.

A spokesperson for the freight carrier Cargolux has confirmed in an email that the stowaway was on a flight operated by Cargolux Italia. The email read, "We are not in a position to make any further comment until the authorities and the airline have completed their investigtion."