Teenager vaulted over airport fence and hid on plane to Dubai

Chinese youngster believed he could earn thousands as a beggar in the wealthy city

Emirates Airbus A380
An Emirates Airbus A380 taxies along the runway at Pudong airport, Shanghai
(Image credit: ChinaFotoPress/Getty)

A Chinese teenager in search of the high life managed to travel to the United Arab Emirates after hiding in the cargo hold of a passenger plane.

The 16-year-old from Sichuan province vaulted over fences at Shanghai's Pudong airport and concealed himself in the hold of an Emirates plane waiting on the tarmac, successfully evading a security guard along the way.

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