Afghan teen stowaway found in Delhi after Kam Air wheel-well journey

A teenage Afghan stowaway who survived a perilous flight hidden in the landing gear of a Kam Air passenger plane was discovered at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday and returned to Afghanistan the same day, airport and security officials said. The boy, reported in most accounts as 13 years old though one report gave his age as 14, was found wandering near the aircraft after it landed following a morning departure from Kabul, authorities said.

The aircraft, operating as flight RQ4401, left Kabul in the early morning and touched down in Delhi that morning; accounts differ on exact timings, with one report citing a departure at about 8:46 a.m. and arrival at about 10:20 a.m., while others placed the discovery around 11:00 a.m. Airline security staff first spotted the boy on the tarmac and notified the airport security control room, officials said. He was handed to Central Industrial Security Force personnel and taken to Terminal 3 for questioning.

Security sources said the boy, a native of Kunduz, told investigators he had sneaked into Kabul airport and climbed into the aircraft's rear central landing gear compartment. "I did this out of curiosity," he...