several hours with little oxygen. this boy is thought to have breached perimeter security in charlotte, north carolina and hidden in the wheel well of a flight to boston. as the plane landed the teenager fell to his death as the landing gear deployed. this is a tragedy, first and foremost for the family. secondly, it s something once this occurs we want to make sure it never happens again. reporter: for decades now, stowaways have been a rare but real problem. look at this life magazine photo from 1970. 14-year-old keith drops out of the gear bay of a japan airlines dc-8 and falls to his death shortly after takeoff in sydney australia. a gruesome sdet a risk during take off and landing. body parts from a stowaway fell from a well wheel of a jet in 2005 before it landed in new york. a woman on the flight path
hidden in the wheel well of a flight to boston. as the plane landed the teenager fell to his death as the landing gear deployed. this is a tragedy, first and foremost for the family. secondly, it s something once this occurs we want to make sure it never happens again. reporter: for decades now, stowaways have been a rare but real problem. look at this life magazine photo from 1970. 14-year-old keith drops out of the gear bay of a japan airlines dc-8 and falls to his death shortly after takeoff in sydney australia. a gruesome death a risk during take off and landing. body parts from a stowaway fell from a well wheel of a jet in 2005 before it landed in new york. a woman on the flight path describes how some of his remains landed on her home. i noticed something that looked like a human or animal part.