This is what happens after you spend 5 hours in freezing temperatures with no oxygen.

It’s harder and harder to sneak on board airplanes these days.  Unless you’re the size of a hamster or you’re a kitten that sneaks out of the cargo hold, you’re going to have to buy a ticket to get on a plane.  However, to get caught requires security teams to be paying attention.  If nobody’s watching, you can do pretty much whatever you want.  A teenager hopped a fence at Mineta San Jose International Airport and took off for Hawaii; he’s lucky to have survived his ordeal.

Shortly after 1 AM, a 15-year-old teenager climbed into the wheel well of Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 without anyone noticing.  Five hours later, the flight landed at Kahului Airport in Maui and the disoriented teen climbed down onto the tarmac.  Unlike San Jose, he was immediately noticed by security personnel and was apprehended.  That’s a five-hour flight at -40 degrees and in conditions with little to no oxygen while crammed into a tiny space.

Experts believe he must have passed out, since he claims not to remember most of the flight, and he must have been tangled pretty well in the wiring to keep from falling out when the wheel wells opened.  The teenager doesn’t face any criminal charges; he’s currently being taken in by child protective services in Hawaii until he can be returned to California on the inside of an airplane.

Tags: stowaways, teen stows away in wheel well and survives, teen sneaks onto hawaiian flight, teen survives 5 hours in wheel well, Mineta San Jose International Airport, Hawaiian Airlines flight 45, Kahului Airport, Maui, Hawaii, San Jose, California, stories of survival

I’ve never had a problem eating food from a gas station.  Just two weeks ago, I ate a couple of hot dogs purchased from a gas station.  They were delicious.  That’s not the first time I’ve eaten gas station food, and I doubt it will be the last.  There’s nothing like a fun food novelty. […]

Commissioner Roger Goodell gathered 32 NFL owners for one big question.  One of the league’s most wanderlust-stricken franchises is looking to move again.  The Oakland-Los Angeles-Oakland Raiders, tired of gutting it out in a run-down stadium, were once again looking for greener pastures.  Only the Miami Dolphins refused to cooperate.  With a vote of 31-1, […]

In 2006, an injury to Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe opened the door for an undrafted free agent by the name of Tony Romo to take the helm of America’s Team and lead the Dallas Cowboys to an early playoff exit.  Bledsoe went from starter to afterthought in a season.  Now, the circle continues […]

For 89 years, Oscars has never had a major mistake.  The last few Oscars might have had a few flubs, but at least they never got the most important category of the night wrong.  Well, that’s now changed, all thanks to OG Bonnie and Clyde legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.  When Faye Dunaway called […]

Tom Brady has been wildly successful, if controversial.  He’s the first quarterback ever to win five Super Bowls and only the second player to do so after Charles Haley.  Unlike Haley, Brady won all his Super Bowls with the same team, the New England Patriots.  The only thing that seems to be able to stop […]

Ben Affleck, no matter what you might think of him, is a talented actor and director.  He’s got the goods, but he’s smart enough to know when he’s in over his head.  All along, since he took on the mantle of Batman, he’s had his eyes on writing, directing, and starring as the Caped Crusader. […]

In May, students for the for-profit American College of Education were running into some problems.  Their access to email accounts and course information was locked down by Google, who had disabled their accounts.  The reason why?  A fired IT worker for the American College of Education locked the school out of their Google cloud account. […]