Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A stowaway travels illegally on a ship or airplane, to avoid paying the fare and/or to smuggle him- or herself into or out of a country. Sometimes the stowaway stays hidden during the whole journey, sometimes only until the vehicle can not return. Sometimes a stowaway dies due to lack of food, water or oxygen, due to cold, or by falling out of a plane when the landing gear is engaged. There are three films named Stowaway. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.