Somalia: The security footage looks like Somali teenager dropping from jet

Nairobi (HAN) May 8, 2014. The video appears to confirm Somali immigrant Yahya Abdi’s incredible story. Hawaii releases video of teen dropping from jet.
On April 20, he ran away from home, hopped a fence at Mineta San Jose International Airport and climbed into the wheel-well of a plane — where he stayed for a five-hour flight.
Amazingly, he survived the journey unscathed, despite low oxygen and freezing temperatures at 35,000 feet. boy_somali
The security footage looks unassuming at first: a Hawaiian Airlines jet parked at a gate at the Maui airport under overcast skies, and workers going through their regular routine.
Then, a pair of legs dangle briefly from beneath the plane and a boy drops to the concrete.
He sits on the concrete for 13 seconds, then gets up and slowly walks toward the front of the plane.
The six-minute video released by the Hawaii Department of Transportation goes on to show Abdi stumbling away from the Boeing 767 and walking in a few aimless circles before heading off.
He wobbles slightly as he walks, pausing briefly a few times in the roughly 40 seconds it takes him to get under the passageway connecting the front of the airplane with the terminal.
The teenager approaches an airport worker with a trolley, and the two chat for a few minutes before walking away together. The boy stays standing the whole time.

Department of transport spokeswoman Caroline Sluyter said the footage was released after the state attorney general’s office reviewed media requests.
San Jose, California, police spokesman Albert Morales said the Somali immigrant flew back to California over the weekend and was being cared for by Santa Clara County Child Protective Services.

Department of transport spokeswoman Caroline Sluyter said the footage was released after the state attorney general’s office reviewed media requests.
San Jose, California, police spokesman Albert Morales said the Somali immigrant flew back to California over the weekend and was being cared for by Santa Clara County Child Protective Services.
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