Wheel Compartment
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Indian Crosses Pacific In Plane’s Wheel Compartment
AFIJI-INDIAN With wander-lust accomplished the almost-impossible feat of stowing away on an aircraft.
On November 15, he hid on a trans pacific plane, which had landed at Nadi for refuelling, by crawling into the space under the fuselage, into which the plane’s wheels are retracted while in flight.
Apparently, there was just sufficient space for both Indian and wheels, but he must have had an extremely uncom fortable journey across the Pacific. He escaped discovery at Canton, but was found in Honolulu.
He was arrested and sentenced to 60 days imprisonment, and return to Fiji.