A useless physique was found within the wheel properly of an airplane upon arrival at Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii, on Christmas Eve, in accordance with police who’re investigating the incident.
“The Maui Police Division is at the moment conducting an energetic investigation relating to a deceased particular person found on an incoming flight from the mainland this afternoon,” officers stated in a press release Wednesday.
United Airways Flight 202 arrived on the Kahului Airport from Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport on Dec. 24.
A Boeing 777-222(ER) from United Airways is taking off from Barcelona Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on February 23, 2024.
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In a press release to ABC Information, United Airways confirmed that “a physique was discovered within the wheel properly of one of many principal touchdown gears.”
United stated the wheel properly is barely accessible from the surface of the plane and it is not clear at the moment how and when the unidentified particular person accessed it.
The airline stated it’s working with regulation enforcement authorities on the investigation.
The plane was a Boeing 787-10, in accordance with United.
ABC Information’ Cory Peeler contributed to this report.
