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Typhoon in the search area. we ll have the very latest on this. after so much grim news for so long let s begin with a story that just might be some kind of aviation miracle. a 16-year-old stow away who hitchhiked from california to maui in the wheel well of a 767 and somehow lived to talk about it. according to officials he got into an argument with his folks, ran away from home, jumped the fence at the san jose airport, climbed into that wheel well of a hawaiian air jet bound for maui and five hours later surveillance video shows him climbing out and walking on hawaiian tarmac. having somehow escaped hypothermia and hydraulics that could have smashed him like a bug. let s talk about this story, our medical director at the university of colorado and mary schiavo our friend from the d.o.t. who represents victims of transportation accidents as an attorney now. ....
Few stowaways do survive go into kind of hibernation. i m quoting from an faa report. body temperature in hypothermia can fall to 80 degrees or lower. at the lower levels unconsciousness and lower heart and respiratory rates occur. therefore they needless oxygen. so if they don t have brain damage at that point they can still sufficient ear heart attack, jenna. during desent or decompression which is why some are calling this an aviation miracle. jenna: so what exactly was he doing on the plane to begin with? i mean what was the point of all of this? reporter: he had an argument with his family. so he decided to run away. security footage shows this teen jumping a fence at san jose airport. then crawling into the landing gear of hawaii air flight 45 on sunday morning. so this happened during broad daylight. the boy told officials that he passed out as soon as the flight ascended and he regained ....