African stowaway found frozen to death in plane's wheel compartment at Gatwick Airport

African stowaway found frozen to death in plane's wheel compartment at Gatwick Airport  GB News

Gareth Fuller - PA Images / Gareth Fuller, Getty Images A dangling packing strap on an Air Arabia plane led a London airport worker to a grim discovery: the body of a stowaway hidden in the aircraft’s landing gear compartment. The man, whose identity was not released, was found unresponsive following a flight from Tang

The unidentified man was found within the landing gear compartment of an Air Arabia plane that had arrived from Tangiers

The unknown man was found in an Air Arabia plane that had arrived from Morocco

Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published August 25, 2026 11:57am Updated August 25, 2026 11:57am The unidentified man was found concealed in the landing gear of the Air Arabia plane (Picture: Getty) A mystery stowaway was found frozen to death inside the wheel compartment of a plane at Gatwick Airport, an inques

A MYSTERY stowaway was found frozen to death in the landing gear of a plane at Gatwick, an inquest heard. The unnamed man was discovered in the wheel compartment of the Air Arabia plane from Morocco in June. Horsham Coroner's Court was told he suffered a fatal cardiac arrest, followed by hypoxia and hypothermia. West..