Malaysian airport staff find body in wheel well of plane from Japan
The body of an unidentified person was found inside the wheel well of an aircraft at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2 (KLIA2) on Thursday (Aug 27). The body, whose gender has yet to be determined, was discovered at about 6.55am in the wheel well of a flight from Tokyo, Japan, which landed at about 6.30am. It is learnt that the body, clad in jeans and a white shirt, was…
A body was discovered within the wheel well of a plane that had just landed at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2 on Thursday morning, August 27. The individual's gender remains unknown and the person was found wearing jeans and a white shirt. The body was detected by engineering staff who were assigned to inspect the wheel well of a flight originating from Tokyo, Japan, which touched down at around 6:30am.
The workers noticed an unusual, unpleasant odor emanating from the wheel well before opening the compartment. Following detection of the body, police were alerted and forensic experts were called to the scene for additional examination. Reports indicate that the victim was likely in his or her twenties and had possibly been deceased for over three days, though no identification papers were found with the body.
Authorities are currently working to establish the victim's identity and the circumstances surrounding his or her death.
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