India, Sept. 23 -- A 13-year-old boy from Afghanistan was found hiding in the landing gear compartment of a Kabul-Delhi flight on Sunday, in a case that has raised serious concerns over aviation security. The teenager, identified as a resident of Kunduz city, managed to survive the nearly two-hour journey at an altitude of more than 36,000 feet before being apprehended at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.

According to officials, the boy had boarded KAM Air's flight RQ-4401 by sneaking into its rear central landing gear at Kabul airport. The flight landed in Delhi around 11 a.m., and after touchdown, airline staff spotted the boy roaming near the aircraft. The incident was immediately reported to airport security, and the...