Nigerian teen survives 35-minute flight in jet wheel well

A young teenager dashed across a runway at a Nigerian airport, hid in the wheel well of a jet and survived a 35-minute domestic flight.

Passengers and crew had alerted the pilots that a boy was seen running to the plane as it was taxiing to take off from southern Benin City, Arik Airline spokesman Ola Adebanji said.

The pilots alerted the country’s aviation agency, he said.