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Stowaway's body found on Nigerian airline aircraft

Xinhua, December 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Arik Air, Nigeria's largest commercial airline, said Wednesday a body of a stowaway was found in the main wheel well of its A330-200 aircraft at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.

Spokesperson for the airline Ola Adebanji, who confirmed the incident in a statement to Xinhua, said the body was found on a Lagos-Johannesburg flight that departed from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 3:55 p.m., local time on Tuesday and arrived in Johannesburg shortly before 11 p.m., local time.

He said engineers at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, where the aircraft was scheduled for a routine maintenance check, discovered the body during the inspection.

Investigations were ongoing to determine how the stowaway found his way into the aircraft's main wheel well, he added. Endit