{"id":3553,"date":"2015-08-15T01:49:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T01:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2015-08-15T01:52:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T01:52:16","slug":"an-asylum-seeker-man-survives-flight-to-sweden-in-plane-hold-august-14-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/08\/15\/an-asylum-seeker-man-survives-flight-to-sweden-in-plane-hold-august-14-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"An asylum seeker man survives flight to Sweden in plane hold August 14, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"title\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry clearfix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter featured_image wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.satenaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Ethiopian-Airline.jpg\" alt=\"Ethiopian Airline\" width=\"468\" height=\"280\" \/>An asylum seeker has been discovered alive in the hold of a plane that landed at Stockholm\u2019s Arlanda airport on Friday morning, after smuggling himself on to an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"articleContent\">\n<div>The stowaway was found after the plane landed in Sweden just before 7am. The flight time for journeys between Addis Ababa and Stockholm is typically around eight hours.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The man, who is understood to be in his 20s and was hoping to seek asylum in Sweden, was discovered when staff unloaded luggage from the plane, a spokesperson for Swedavia, which operates Sweden\u2019s main airports, told The Local.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHe was found when they were unloading the cargo from the plane. They opened the compartment and there he was. He was not inside a suitcase, he was sitting down in some way,\u201d said Henrik Kelfve.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI can\u2019t recall any case like this at Swedish airports happening before.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, which broke the story, reported that the man was checked over by medical staff at Arlanda airport soon after his flight landed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHe seems to feel pretty okay. A nurse is looking after him right now,\u201d Anders Mattsson, a duty officer at Stockholm police told the newspaper just after 10am.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An hour later, Swedavia confirmed that the man was in police custody.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAfter we found him we delivered him to the officers. They have him right now and will be asking him further questions,\u201d Kelfve told The Local.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The TT newswire is reporting that the man told officers that he was employed at Addis Ababa\u2019s international airport and had therefore managed to secure access to plane while it was on the runway.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe have talked to him via an interpreter and the purpose of the journey here was to seek asylum. He is not suspected of any crime and despite his spectacular route to Sweden his case will now be handled in the same was as other asylum seekers,\u201d \u00a0Stefan F\u00e4rdigs, a police spokesperson at Arlanda airport told TT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Arlanda is Sweden\u2019s largest and busiest airport, with flights to more than 180 destinations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For more news from Sweden, join us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheLocalSweden\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLocalSweden\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/www.satenaw.com\/man-survives-flight-to-sweden-in-plane-hold\/#sthash.rxlHoSwR.dpuf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An asylum seeker has been discovered alive in the hold of a plane that landed at Stockholm\u2019s Arlanda airport on Friday morning, after smuggling himself on to an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa. 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