The early ones were often stowaways on coal ships from Nagasaki. Seven Yugoslav stowaways were found on board. As the plane takes off, we see that there are other stowaways aboard. Another category of users of World Passports are stowaways on ships. Leach and the three German stowaways went down with the ship. In 1917, a new legislation defines a list of excludable aliens, including stowaways. The crew ventures outside and are mistaken for stowaways. He later discovers two stowaways, attractive young women, but much too late to turn back. She also signed on 40 crew members who had been stowaways from Melbourne. The captain acquiesces to Plesin's plan to kill the stowaways. Bruce ultimately falls in love with one of the stowaways. Thousands of stowaways have traveled by sea or land over the last several centuries. Most stowaways on board aircraft have died during the attempt, especially on longer flights. Stowaways who survived usually traveled relatively short distances or at a low altitude. Some stowaways were famous such as Hugh Todd.