Stowaway survives flight to Miami

A Guatemalan stowaway hidden in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines jet survived a flight on Saturday from his home country to Miami, where he was turned over to US immigration officials and taken to a hospital for evaluation.

American Airlines issued a statement saying its Flight 1182 from Guatemala City to Miami arrived shortly after 10 am local time and “was met by law enforcement due to a security issue”. The flight was just over 2.5 hours.