'Stowaway' found dead at Heathrow airport

A suspected stowaway was found dead on board a British Airways flight that landed at London's Heathrow Airport from Cape Town on Thursday, the airline said.

The body of an unidentified man was found in the landing gear bay of a Boeing 747, British Airways said, adding that it was investigating how the "very rare and sad event" had taken place.

"We are liaising with the South African authorities and Cape Town airport after a body was found in the landing gear bay of one of our aircraft," it said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with the individual's family."

London's Metropolitan Police said there was an ongoing investigation to discover the man's identity.

"He was not a passenger or a member of the air crew," a police spokesman told AFP. "His death is being treated as non-suspicious."

 

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