A 13-year-old boy travelled from Afghanistan to India, hiding in the wheel of a Kam Air passenger plane.

By some miracle, the teenager survived the flight from Kabul to Delhi, which lasts two hours and a half, after climbing into the landing gear compartment.

Indian security personnel detained him not long after the jet landed at 11am on Sunday.

Dressed in a white kurta pajama, the stowaway was spotted by staff wandering around on the runway at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.

The boy reportedly told authorities that he hid on the plane out of curiosity.

Apart from a small red-coloured audio speaker, he did not carry any luggage.

The Indian Express reported that he wanted to travel to Iran, but did not know that the flight he entered was bound for Delhi.

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