Boy reached India by hiding in the aircraft’s landing gear compartment

An Afghan teenager hid in the wheel well of an airplane, flew for 94 minutes from Kabul to Delhi, and survived.

A 13-year-old boy from Kunduz wanted to go to Iran, so he went to the airport and hid in the rear wheels of the plane, where the landing gear is located. He only had a “small red audio speaker” with him. It turned out that the plane the boy was hiding in was flying to Delhi, not Tehran.

The flight lasted over 90 minutes; the boy was found alive by staff at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI). According to security personnel, the boy was spotted at Delhi Airport at 10:20 AM.

According to Hindustan Times, the incident occurred around 11:10 AM on Sunday, September 21. The boy was detained by security staff at Delhi Airport and questioned. He told them that he managed to sneak into Kabul Airport and hid in the rear landing gear compartment of the plane before takeoff.

It is reported that the Afghan boy landed safely in Delhi after a 94-minute flight on flight RQ-4401 of Kam Air, which was traveling from Kabul to Delhi.

According to the publication, after several hours of questioning, the Afghan boy was sent back to Kabul at 4:00 PM the same day on another flight.

The purpose of his journey and why he hid in the landing gear compartment of the plane remain unknown. It is assumed that it may have been due to simple curiosity.

The incident recalls the tragic events of 2021, when after the Taliban seized power in Kabul, thousands of people tried to leave Afghanistan and rushed to Kabul Airport.

At that time, some young people clung to the landing gear and wings of American military planes, hoping to flee the country. Unfortunately, none of them survived.