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Talk about luck.

A 16-year-old runaway who stowed away in the wheel well of a five-hour flight from California to Hawaii was found alive, despite enduring frigid temperatures and a lack of oxygen 38,000 feet in the air.

The teen, whose name has not been released, was discovered on the tarmac at the Maui airport with no identification. FBI spokesman Tom Simon said the boy was questioned, medically screened and found to be unharmed.

“Kid’s lucky to be alive,” Simon said. “He was unconscious for the lion’s share of the flight. Doesn’t even remember the flight,” Simon said. “It’s amazing he survived that.”

Security footage from the San Jose airport confirmed the teen from Santa Clara, Calif., hopped a fence to get to Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 on Sunday morning. According to Simon, he had run away from his family after an argument.

Naturally, however, the incident has raised some security questions.

A Congressman who serves on the Homeland Security committee wondered how the teen could have snuck onto the airfield at San Jose unnoticed.

“I have long been concerned about security at our airport perimeters. #Stowaway teen demonstrates vulnerabilities that need to be addressed,” tweeted Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat who represents the San Francisco Bay Area’s eastern cities and suburbs.

A Mineta San Jose International Airport spokeswoman said airport police were working with the FBI and the Transportation Security Agency to review security at the facility as part of an investigation.

“Our concern is with this young boy and his family. Thank God he survived and we hope his health is OK,” spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes said.

As for the teen, he will not be charged for his misadventure. Looks like flying 30,000 feet in the air with little-to-no oxygen was punishment enough.

SOURCE: AP | VIDEO SOURCE: News Inc.