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A 13-year-old Afghan boy’s “curiosity” brought him to Delhi from Afghanistan aft helium someway managed to get wrong the landing cogwheel compartment of an craft that took disconnected from Kabul, authoritative sources said connected Monday (September 22, 2025).
The incidental was reported astir 11 a.m. connected Sunday (September 22, 2025) erstwhile KAM airlines formation fig RQ-4401 reached the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport aft a 2-hour journey. The teen was, however, repatriated to Afghanistan connected Sunday (September 21, 2025) itself, connected the aforesaid flight, sources said.
The hose authorities reported to the airdrome information power country astir a 13-year-old lad who was recovered roaming adjacent the formation aft it touched down, they said.
The boy, a autochthonal of Kunduz city, was apprehended by the hose unit and handed implicit to the Central Industrial Security Force personnel, who brought him to Terminal 3 of the airdrome for questioning.
He told the officials that helium sneaked into the Kabul airdrome and someway managed to get wrong the rear cardinal landing cogwheel compartment of the said aircraft. He said helium did this retired of curiosity, the sources said.
“After quizzing, the Afghan lad was sent backmost by the aforesaid formation that departed astir 12:30 p.m.,” they said.
Security officials of the KAM hose carried retired a information cheque of the landing cogwheel compartment and recovered a small, red-coloured speaker, seemingly carried by this boy.
The craft was declared harmless aft a thorough inspection and anti-sabotage checks, they said.
