From a journal...


"SFO — A routine post-flight inspection of a Boeing 747 that landed at San Francisco International Airport on Thursday morning revealed an unexpected discovery: a dead body. Authorities believe the body, which maintenance personnel found in the wheel well of the plane, was that of a stowaway who tried to sneak into the country on a flight from China. United Airlines flight 858 from Shanghai arrived at SFO at 7:42 a.m. — nearly 11 hours after taking off, according to airport spokesman Mike McCarron.
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said that, since 1947, there have been 74 known stowaway attempts worldwide. Only 14 of the individuals survived.
In 2001, the son of a Zairean general arrived at SFO in the wheel well of a US Airways flight. He had escaped his country to Britain before attempting his trip to the United States.
In January, three people tried and failed to survive such a trip, according to Gregor.
"These people are desperate enough that they're willing to risk their lives to get in the U.S. in a manner that has proven to be fatal almost all the time," Gregor said. The last time somebody survived the journey to the United States in the wheel well of an airplane was in March 2004, on a flight from the Dominican Republic to Miami. "


Seems that it is possible to survive, and even do make a connection flight, like that Zairean guy!



Enrique