Mystery as two people found dead in compartment of JetBlue passenger plane after it landed in Florida
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TWO people have been found dead inside the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue passenger plane, the airline has confirmed. The horror discovery was made at Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport, located around 25 miles from Miami, on January 6.
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The remains were discovered when maintenance workers checked over the plane that had touched down in the Sunshine State. A JetBlue representative confirmed to The U.S. Sun that the plane had operated flight route 1801. This left New York's JFK airport at around 7:50pm local time before landing in Fort Lauderdale at 11:10pm, according to FlightAware.
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It remains unknown how the people entered the compartment as the probe remains ongoing. And the two people were already dead when they were found. A JetBlue representative said the two people have yet to be identified. "This is a heartbreaking situation, and we are committed to working closely with authorities to support their efforts to understand how this occurred.".
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Officials from the Broward County Sheriff's Office and medical examiners have been seen outside the airport. Flights landing and departing the airport have not been impacted. Last year, more than 35 million people traveled through Fort Lauderdale airport - up 10.8% compared to 2022.
The U.S. Sun has approached the Fort Lauderdale Police Department for comment. It comes just days after a body was discovered in the wheel well of a United Airlines flight that landed in Hawaii. The plane had taken off from Chicago on Christmas Eve before landing on the island.
