After flying for over 11 hours, stowaway found alive in cargo plane’s wheel section in Amsterdam
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The flight had taken off from Johannesburg and landed at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. The plane is believed to have made one stop in Nairobi, Kenya.The stowaway was found hiding in the nose wheel of the plane on Sunday morning. "We learned that a person was found having stowed away on a cargo plane at the airport's cargo platform, this morning," Schiphol Airport spokeswoman Willemeike Koster told CNN. The Dutch Royal Military Police is handling the situation, Koster added. "We were surprised upon finding this man but even more surprised at him being alive after the plane flew over 10,000 (kilometers) in very, very cold temperatures," Royal Dutch Military Police spokeswoman Joanne Helmonds told CNN. Airport ground crew spotted the man and notified authorities. Dutch police and emergency services confirmed the man was alive but with a low body temperature. He was revived and stabilised at the airport and then transported to a hospital, added Helmonds.