Nigeria: Boy Hides Inside Plane's Wheel From Benin to Lagos

The 14 year old boy who beat airline and airport security at Benin airport on Saturday August 24th and flew in the tyre hole of a Lagos-bound Arik plane actually thought he was on his way to the US.

Sources at Benin Airport said Daniel Ikehina ran away from home because he was being maltreated and was trying to escape from his parents when he joined the Arik flight. Unfortunately for him the plane wasn't flying to the US, it was flying to Lagos where the stowaway was immediately arrested as he alighted from the wheel well of the aircraft. Daniel is presently in the custody of the State Security Service (SSS) who are trying to unravel how he managed to pull off such a stunt.




Arik Air quoted the control tower as telling the Captain that they were sending security men to arrest the boy and cleared him for take-off.   Before take-off that he noticed a boy in the bush about 200 - 300 meters at the end of runway.

The passengers on the flight told Sunday Vanguard that they heard a loud noise as if tyres crushed somebody on the ground as the plane took off from the Benin-City airport.

Arik Air managing director, Mr. Chris Ndulue, described the incident as security breach.
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