A 21-year-old man has survived a flight hidden in the wheel cavity of the jet travelling to Jakarta.
The stowaway, named locally as Mario Ambarita, was discovered staggering around the tarmac at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and taken to a clinic for treatment, according to news reports.
He had allegedly got through a fence at an airport on the island of Sumatra and climbed into the gap between the aircraft and the wheel. During the flight, he endured freezing temperatures.
"He looked lacking of oxygen. His fingers turned blue, his left ear was bleeding" said a spokesman for the airline, Garuda Indonesia.
Ambarita’s mother said it had been her son’s dream to visit Jakarta but he couldn’t afford a plane ticket.
