The boy who fell from the sky: How a 一連の会議、交渉／完成する-the-world trip 奮起させるd an Australian 十代の少年少女 to climb inside the wheel-井戸／弁護士席 of a Japan-bound flight ? before he 急落（する），激減（する）d to his death

  • Aspiring photographer 逮捕（する）d the remarkable moment a boy fell from the sky
  • 十代の少年少女 Keith Sapsford was 述べるd as a wanderer with a taste for travel
  • He snuck away from his home before stowing away on an international flight
  • Hiding in the wheel-井戸／弁護士席, it opened 中央の-空気／公表する and he fell more than 60 metres?

By Alex Chapman For Daily Mail Australia

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This grainy photograph 逮捕（する）d the moment a teenage 密航者 with wanderlust fell to his death from a Japan 航空機によるs flight.?

Sydney-born Keith Sapsford was only 14-years-old when he hid inside the wheel-井戸／弁護士席 of the Japan-bound flight in 1970.

But the compartment of the DC-8 計画（する） opened 中央の-空気／公表する and the boy 急落するd 60 metres (200ft) to the ground below 近づく Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport.

An amateur photographer accidentally caught a photo of a 14-year-old boy falling from the sky

An amateur photographer accidentally caught a photo of a 14-year-old boy 落ちるing from the sky

Amateur photographer John Gilpin 逮捕（する）d the remarkable image while taking pictures of 計画（する）s during take-off 49 years ago this week. His image has been 株d on Reddit this week.

Mr Gilpin had no idea he had tragically 記録，記録的な／記録するd the youngster's last moments until he developed the pictures a week later.?

The boy and his family had just been on a trip around the world to try to 満足させる the schoolboy's かわき for travel, によれば articles published at the time.

'All my son 手配中の，お尋ね者 to do was to see the world. He had itchy feet. His 決意 to see how the 残り／休憩（する） of the world lives has cost him his life,' his father, Charles Sapford said in a 報告（する）／憶測d by Associated 圧力（をかける） from February 23, 1970.?

His father 述べるd him as a wanderer who had an '勧める to keep on the move'.??

But after they returned to their home in Randwick, Keith remained restless.?

Charles decided to send him to a Roman カトリック教徒 会・原則 called Boys' Town in south Sydney to 'straighten him out' after Keith ran away from home 多重の times.?

Keith Sapsford, a boy with an insatiable hunger for travel, hid in the wheel-well of a plane. Pictured, file image.

Keith Sapsford, a boy with an insatiable hunger for travel, hid in the wheel-井戸／弁護士席 of a 計画（する）. Pictured, とじ込み／提出する image.

Boys' Town had a 評判 for specialising in troubled children, with Mr Sapsford hoping they could 静める his son 負かす／撃墜する.

But Keith ran away from the 協会 after only a fortnight and travelled to Sydney airport.

He managed to get の上に the 滑走路 and climb into the open undercarriage of a Japan 空気／公表する Lines 計画（する） bound for Tokyo, stowing himself in the same compartment where the wheel is tucked away after take-off. He remained there for several hours before take off.

専門家技術者s believe the boy - who was dressed only in shorts and a short-sleeved shirt - was unaware the latch would 再開する after take-off to bring the wheel 支援する inside, which is when he fell. 専門家s later 設立する 手渡す and 足跡s 同様に as threads from his 着せる／賦与するs in the compartment.

Doctors believe he would have most likely died on the 旅行 even if he hadn't have fallen 予定 to 氷点の 高度 気温s and a 欠如（する） of oxygen. Mr Sapsford, a lecturer in mechanical and 産業の 工学 at the University of New South むちの跡s, believed his son may have been 鎮圧するd by the 撤回するing wheel.

The boy ran from a boarding school to Sydney Airport in 1970 (airport pictured in 2017)

The boy ran from a 搭乗 school to Sydney Airport in 1970 (airport pictured in 2017)

In the weeks に引き続いて Keith's death, Mr Sapsford said his son had been 特に 警告するd of the dangers of stowing away on a 計画（する）.

They had spoken about a Spanish boy who had also died when hiding in a 計画（する）'s undercarriage only months earlier.

Mr Sapsford died in October 2015 at the age of 93.?

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