The airline JetBlue confirmed this Tuesday the discovery of two corpses in the compartment of the undercarriage of one of its planes in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airportsouth of Florida. The incident mobilized Broward police officers and a medical examiner overnight Monday, who began an investigation at Terminal 3, the main headquarters of JetBlue Airways.
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The bodies were found Monday night, after a JetBlue Airbus A320, from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, landed in Fort Lauderdale. During a routine inspection At the end of the flight, airline personnel found the corpses in the compartment of the undercarriage.
JetBlue issued a statement confirming the event and noted that the identities of the victims, as well as the circumstances under which the deaths occurred, have not yet been revealed. The company also reported that the authorities They are investigating how these people managed to access the plane.
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Two dead on a JetBlue plane: the company’s statement after the discovery
“This is a devastating situation and we are committed to working closely with authorities to assist in efforts to understand how this occurred,” the company said. JetBlue in a press release.
In it he added: “At this time, the identities of the individuals and the circumstances of how they arrived on the plane are under investigation.” investigation“.
In addition, the authorities reported that the discovery did not affect the rest of the departures and arrivals of the Fort Lauderdale airportthe third busiest in the State behind Orlando and Miami.
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He undercarriagean area designed to be inaccessiblehas been used by individuals trying travel clandestinely. This area, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), represents a serious risk due to the low temperatures and the lack of oxygen that predominate during flight, factors that are usually lethal.
Among the most common dangers is the possibility of suffering hypothermia either become unconsciousas well as the risk of being crushed when landing gear retracts.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport inside.
In recent weeks, incidents such as the discovery of a body in a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Maui and another frustrated attempt on a Delta plane that was going Seattle to Honolulu. These cases have alerted authorities during the busiest seasons at airports.
