The airline described the situation as 'heartbreaking' and in a statement said it was 'committed to working closely with authorities'.
Two people have been found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane after a routine inspection in Florida. The airline said the flight had most recently landed in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International after travelling from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport with the flight number 1801. JetBlue confirmed the bodies were discovered during a post-flight maintenance check on Monday after the aircraft touched down. 'Tragically, both individuals were deceased.
'This is a heartbreaking situation, and we are committed to working closely with authorities to support their efforts to understand how this occurred,' the statement added. No details were given on the two dead people or how they gained access to the plane. The landing gear compartment - also called a wheel well - is a section underneath the aircraft which stores the retractable landing gear. Stowaways have used the void in a landing gear compartment before, but often it can prove fatal.
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