Close enough. He had gotten on the landing gear before takeoff, to stowaway on the flight.
At altitude on a long flight, your odds of survival are next to none, due to the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere at that height. Next, is the temperature which is about 55 BELOW zero up there in that unheated wheel well. Several people who have tried this have been crushed when the gear retracts.
Some have made it on shorter flights from countries like Columbia or Haiti, since they are not at such a high altitude, and the flight time is much shorter.
After a long flight, when the gear comes down during final approach, the frozen body usually falls out about 2 miles short of the runway.
A married couple goes to a movie. During the movie the husband strangles the wife. He is then able to get her body home without attracting attention. How?
Jman30808 got it. They were in the car, at a drive-in.
A writer, with an audience of millions, insisted that he was never to be interrupted while writing. One day when he actually was interrupted, he died. Why?