LONDON, (Reuters) – A Romanian man who stowed away  inside a plane’s rear wheel compartment on a flight from Vienna  to London has been released without charge, British police said  yesterday.

A spokesman for Scotland Yard said the 20-year-old was  arrested after he fell onto the tarmac as the plane landed at  London’s Heathrow airport on Sunday evening.

He said it was an unusual way to travel, adding “I think  most people buy a ticket.”

Paramedics checked the man for injuries and police  questioned him before letting him go.

The man is understood to have survived the flight because  the plane flew at a lower altitude than usual due to stormy  weather, according to British media reports.