Stowaway survives freezing flight

A 17-YEAR-OLD foster child survived a 50-minute flight hidden in a plane's landing gear in Siberia, Russian investigators said. The boy crawled into a space above the wheel of the turboprop on Saturday.

By The Newsroom

Published 2nd Nov 2010, 17:04 BST

Updated 2nd Nov 2010, 21:57 BST

Russian television said he was wearing just a light coat, despite temperatures of -30C.