Dead Body Found in Airplane’s Wheel Well After Landing in Hawaii

An investigation is underway in Hawaii after a body was reportedly discovered in a commercial airplane’s wheel well on Tuesday.

The body was found in a United Airlines Boeing 787-10 from Chicago, Illinois, after it landed at Kahului Airport in Maui. The airline said in a statement to HNN that the wheel well can only be accessed from outside the plane, though it is unclear how the person got in there.

As of Wednesday, the decedent had not been publicly named. United Airlines and Maui police confirmed to USA Today that the incident remains under investigation.

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