Body discovered in British Airways landing gear

A man’s remains have been found, stowed in the landing gear of a British Airways (BA) Boeing 747 after it landed at Heathrow Airport, London last week.

The Metropolitan Police said the body was that of a man who was not a crew member or passenger on the flight, which took off from Cape Town, South Africa.

“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,” a BA spokesperson said.

The death is being investigated as non-suspicious in nature.

The man’s identity is still unknown.

It is believed the dead man could be a person who was spotted scaling the fence at Cape Town International Airport on Wednesday night before heading towards a BA flight preparing for take off, according to the BBC.

Airports Company South Africa is in the process of carrying out an investigation.

“This is a very rare and sad event and our thoughts are with the individual's family,” the BA spokesperson added.

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