A stowaway, or clandestine traveller, is a person who secretly boards a vehicle such as a ship, an aircraft, a train, a cargo truck, or a bus, in order to travel without authorization or payment. Some stow away to avoid paying for transportation, while others aim to enter another country without a visa or other required permission. Stowing away is dangerous as well as unlawful; deaths have occurred during such attempts, particularly in cases of train surfing and wheel-well stowaways on aircraft.
Facts
Notable Example1994 Flight PH844 incident, in which the body of a deceased male stowaway was found jammed in the aircraft's undercarriage 1 Jurisdiction VariationIllegal in most jurisdictions to stow away on aircraft, boats or trains, with consequences of fines or imprisonment that vary by country and mode of transport 1 Classification
Offense GradeMinor or Summary Offense 1 Connections
Has Offense Grade
Entity-backed identity for the offense-grade enum value this offense already carries, resolved to a crime concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The offense-grade fact itself stays on the offense unchanged.
Sources
1. Stowaway (Wikipedia)
Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stowaway, lead paragraph
A stowaway or clandestine traveller is a person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as a ship, an aircraft, a train, cargo truck or bus.
Legal consequences section
Stowaways may risk being fined or imprisoned, since it is illegal in most jurisdictions to embark on aircraft, boats or trains as stowaways.
By transport mode, Air travel subsection
In 1994, Flight PH844 discovered the body of a deceased male stowaway was jamming the starboard carriageway.
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