Stowaway survives in nose wheel of freight flight from South Africa to Netherlands

AMSTERDAM: A

stowaway

was discovered in the wheel section under the front of a freight plane that arrived at

Amsterdam

's

Schiphol

airport from

South Africa

on Sunday, Dutch military police said.

"The man is doing well considering the circumstances and has been taken to a hospital," the police, who are in charge of Dutch border control, said in a statement.

The police said they were investigating the incident but gave no further details and did not name the airline.