A person was hospitalized with hypothermia Thursday after hiding on an Air Algerie flight from Oran, Algeria, to Paris Orly Airport.
The man was discovered within the touchdown gear compartment affected by his freezing situation throughout technical checks following the flight, which landed at Orly at 10:14 a.m., in accordance with monitoring web site FlightAware.
The man had no identification with him, French prosecutors advised Agence France-Presse, however he’s believed to be in his 20s.
Airport officers advised AFP that the person’s hypothermia was life-threatening. Commercial flights cruise at 30,000-40,000 ft, dropping temperatures to 58 levels under zero.
In addition, the altitude causes a drop of oxygen, which may trigger folks to faint and injury the mind.
“We can have hope, by rewarming it and giving specific care, that cardiac activity will resume, but the big problem is the brain, which is the most sensitive organ. I don’t see how he could escape without irreversible damage,” aviation Dr. Gilles Daphinet advised Le Parisien, as translated by Google.
