{"id":8616,"date":"2014-04-22T15:32:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T22:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/?p=8616"},"modified":"2014-04-22T15:32:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T22:32:54","slug":"dont-try-this-home-flying-the-unfriendly-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/auto-insurance\/dont-try-this-home-flying-the-unfriendly-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Try This Home \u2013 Flying the Unfriendly Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s a question puzzling medical experts — how did a 16-year-old boy survive a five-hour flight from San Jose, California, to Maui, Hawaii, in below freezing cold weather at oxygen-depleted heights without dying or falling out of the wheel well of a huge jumbo jet? Wonder if he had flight insurance? It\u2019s a good bet if he had a driver\u2019s license, odds are he wouldn\u2019t bother with car insurance.<\/p>\n
After the ground crew at Kahului Airport noticed the dazed and confused teen wandering on the tarmac, the boy was placed in the custody of child welfare services workers in Hawaii \u2013 but his breach of airport security has put airports throughout the country on alert.<\/p>\n
Against all odds<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Very low oxygen content
\nAuthorities stated it was a miracle the teenage stowaway survived his trip crammed in the wheel well \u2013 here\u2019s what he had to deal with:<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Jet’s cruising altitude of 38,000 feet, dropping the temperature to 50 degrees below zero or lower.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Avoid being crushed as the wheels retracted
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Maintain his position in the wheel well when the bay doors opened twice in the air.<\/p>\n