Afghan boy flies to India by hiding in plane’s landing gear

The boy was found at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times/Getty Images

An Afghan boy traveled from Kabul to Delhi by hiding in the landing gear compartment of a plane, Indian authorities have said.

The boy, who authorities estimated was about 13 years old, was found wandering around the tarmac near where the plane had parked shortly after it had landed on Sunday morning, according to a statement from India’s Central Industrial Security Force.

When they questioned him, authorities found he was from Kunduz in northern Afghanistan and that he had traveled by hiding in the “rear central landing gear” of a KAM Airlines aircraft, the statement added.

They also found a small red audio speaker in the area the boy was hiding. He was repatriated bac