INJURED girl posted a chilling mobile phone message saying someone was trying to pick her up before she was found unconscious
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AN FBI agent says a 16-year-old US boy who stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii has no memory of the trip and is lucky to be alive.
The teen survived the trip halfway across the Pacific Ocean unharmed despite frigid temperatures at 38,000 feet (11,500 metres) and a lack of oxygen.
FBI spokesman Tom Simon in Honolulu said on Sunday night the boy was questioned after being discovered on the tarmac at the Maui airport with no identification.
"Kid's lucky to be alive," Simon said.
Simon said security footage from the San Jose airport verified that the boy hopped a fence to get to Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 on Sunday morning.
The teen had run away from his family after an argument, Simon said. When the flight landed in Maui, the boy hopped down from the wheel well and started wandering around the airport grounds, he said.
"He was unconscious for the lion's share of the flight," Simon said. The flight lasted about 5 1/2 hours.
Hawaiian Airlines spokeswoman Alison Croyle said airline personnel noticed the boy on the ramp after the flight arrived and immediately notified airport security.
"Our primary concern now is for the well-being of the boy, who is exceptionally lucky to have survived," Croyle said.
Simon said the boy was medically screened and found to be unharmed.
"Doesn't even remember the flight," Simon said. "It's amazing he survived that."
The boy will not be charged and was referred to child protective services, Simon said.
In August, a 13- or 14-year-old boy in Nigeria survived a 35-minute trip in the wheel well of a domestic flight after stowing away. Authorities credited the flight's short duration.
Others stowing away in wheel wells have died, including a 16-year-old killed after stowing away aboard a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Boston in 2010 and a man who fell on to a suburban London street from a flight from Angola in 2012.
INJURED girl posted a chilling mobile phone message saying someone was trying to pick her up before she was found unconscious
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MORE than 400 charges have been laid for assaults and drink driving offences in Western Australia during the eighth Operation Unite targeting alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour.
Total statistics from Thursday to Sunday night included 433 charges, 165 arrests and 200 summons.
They include 21 assaults, as well as 15 people caught driving under the influence, 43 people in excess of 0.08 per cent, 12 people in excess of 0.05 per cent and two people in excess of 0.02 per cent.
Specialist squads made up of officers from the Liquor Enforcement Unit and the Regional Operations Group joined the operation in WA for the first time.
Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan said last week that the excessive consumption of alcohol was still the most significant factor contributing to night-time violence.
Operation Unite is not about restricting people from having a good time, it is about continuing to raise community awareness about the dangers of determined drunkenness and the impact it has on others, he said.
A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl has been injured after being left in a burning car allegedly stolen by her father.
Police rescued the girl from the flames after the vehicle crashed into a barrier on the Great Eastern Highway in Perth's outer northeast suburbs on Sunday night.
The driver had run away leaving the girl in the burning car, police said.
He was found nearby in Midvale and was taken to Swan Districts Hospital for treatment to injuries received in the crash.
The girl is in Princess Margaret Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Police were first called to a home in the northern suburb of Ellenbrook just after 10pm on Sunday to deal with a domestic disturbance.
They learned that a 25-year-old man had left in an allegedly stolen vehicle with his daughter.
Officers found the car an hour later, but the driver failed to stop and police decided not to pursue because the child was in the car.
Instead, police monitored the vehicle which is believed to have hit another car before being found smashed into a concrete barrier.
The man allegedly failed a breath test at the hospital and was taken to Midland Police Station where he was charged with being armed in a way that may cause fear, aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm and criminal damage.
He was also charged with a number of driving offences, including stealing a motor vehicle and dangerous driving occasioning bodily harm.
He appeared at a bedside hearing at Royal Perth Hospital on Monday and was remanded in custody.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will spend a day of rest in Canberra before heading north. Source: AAP
THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were supposed to be having a day free of official engagements, spending the day in Canberra but it proved too tempting for the paparazzi.
The royal couple and their baby were photographed unawares in the ground of Government House at Yarralumla, with vision making news broadcasts across the country.
Kate was filmed taking a stroll with her son in the grounds, with the images showing Prince George being carried on his mother's shoulders, pushed in a buggy and on Kate's lap as the pair played together.
William and Kate were also filmed without their knowledge walking hand in hand along the foreshore of Lake Burley Griffin, casually dressed in shirts, jumpers and jeans. At one point, Kate is captured giving an odd little kick.
The pictures taken on a rest day during their tour Down Under may be seen by aides as an intrusion into the couple's privacy.
Although there has been no official word from Kensington Palace, it was tweeted that the palace has requested that the media refrain from intruding on the family's privacy.
On Tuesday, William and Kate will tour Uluru.
The visit will be only their second night away from their son during their 19-day tour of Australia and New Zealand. George, who turns nine months on Tuesday, is expected to remain in Canberra with his nanny.
ALMOST 60,000 people have been breath tested by NSW police who have issued more than 2000 traffic fines and charged 58 motorists with drink driving during the Easter road blitz.
They've handed out 910 speeding notices and another 1,500 tickets for other offences since Operation Tortoise began on Friday.
On Sunday afternoon, a 25-year-old man was breath tested after Deniliquin police saw him swerve onto the wrong side of the road.
He allegedly blew 0.261, more than five times the limit, and was charged with high-range drink driving and is due before Finlay Local Court in June.
A 19-year-old woman was on Sunday morning charged after being caught behind the wheel with an alleged blood-alcohol concentration of 0.163.
She also caught the attention of police while driving down the wrong side of a Cronulla road.
In the early hours of Monday morning a man, 24, was allegedly clocked speeding through a 80km/h zone at 140 km/h.
"The driver was issued a traffic infringement notice for exceeding speed by more than 45km/h and his licence was suspended for a period of six months," police said.
Traffic and highway patrol's commander Assistant Commissioner John Hartley said it's disappointing people were drink-driving despite consistent warnings from police.
"If you're going out to have a drink you need to find another way home, driving is simply not an option," he said.
Despite the heavy traffic only two people have died, down from three during Easter last year.
INJURED girl posted a chilling mobile phone message saying someone was trying to pick her up before she was found unconscious
EXCLUSIVE: DOCTORS are being treated to mortgage discounts, saving them thousands of dollars, because they are a safer bet for banks than the average Aussie.
