From this beginning, this story fascinated me so I had looked for updates on it and I found one.

For 2 hours, Andrey Scherbakov road 1300 kilometres from the Russian city of Perm to Moscow inside the wheel well of Boeing 737. The OAT (outside air temp) was -50C. That’s -58F in case you’re wondering- I was. Even more surprising is that Andrey survived the lack of oxygen. I cannot seem to find out what the flight’s final altitude was, but that may be, in fact, what the actual determining factor was in this boy’s amazing survival. My guess is that chances are the jet was at a relatively low cruise altitude.

Andre now suffers from severe frostbite to his arms and legs, and he may even lose his hands. So what would make someone do something like this? Could it just have been attributed to the outrageous behaviors that many teenagers exhibit at this age? I seriously doubt that even a fearless teenage boy would miss the obvious dangers to riding in the wheel well of a passenger jet.

So it was with shock and anger that I reacted to what the real reason was- His father is an alcoholic and he was trying to get get away from him. Can you believe that! It’s an alarmingly intrusive insight into what an injured mind will do to get away from a source of pain. …And in case you didn’t know, alcoholism in someone you love is an agonizing and excruciating source of pain.

My thoughts are with this kid
~Capt’n Chris

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