FBI: Boy Survives Maui Flight In Wheel Well

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From The Maui News:

A 16-year-old boy stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from San Jose, Calif., to Maui on Sunday, surviving the trip halfway across the Pacific Ocean unharmed despite frigid temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen, FBI and airline officials said. Read more.

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