A 13-year-old boy from Kunduz, in Afghanistan, wanted to travel to Iran. So, early on Sunday morning, he sneaked into the Kabul airport, trailed a group of passengers, and stowed away in an aircraft’s rear wheel well — the internal compartment which houses the landing gear — carrying just a “small red-coloured audio speaker”. But, it was a flight bound for Delhi, not Tehran.

For over 90 minutes, the boy flew in the wheel well, miraculously landing unscathed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in the Capital, where he was seen wandering around by some airport staff. By evening, he was sent back on a flight to Kabul, ending his day’s adventure.

According to an official of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the boy had stowed away on a KAM Air Kabul- Delhi flight (

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