Authorities have launched an investigation after a man's body was discovered in the landing gear of an Air Arabia plane that had arrived at London Gatwick Airport from Tangier, Morocco, on June 16. Emergency services were called to the scene after the grim discovery was made in the aircraft's undercarriage.
Gatwick Airport said it was assisting Sussex Police and the coroner's office, while officials work to determine the man's identity and how he came to be inside the landing gear compartment. Air Arabia has not yet commented on the incident.
The case echoes several similar tragedies involving stowaways attempting dangerous journeys aboard commercial aircraft. A similar incident occurred at Gatwick in December 2022, when a man's body was found in the undercarriage of a TUI flight that had traveled from Banjul, the capital of The Gambia.
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