Stowaway found dead on Arik Air plane
The lifeless body of a stowaway was on
Wednesday found in the main wheel well of one of Arik Air’s A330-200
aircraft at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.
A statement by its Communications
Manager, Mr. Ola Adebanji, said that the aircraft operated the scheduled
Lagos-Johannesburg flight that departed the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport at 3:55pm on Tuesday and arrived in Johannesburg
shortly before 11pm.
It said engineers of South African
Airways Technical facility at the Oliver Tambo International Airport,
where the aircraft was scheduled for a routine maintenance check,
discovered the body of the stowaway during the inspection phase.
The airline said investigations were ongoing to determine how the stowaway found his way into the aircraft’s main wheel well.
(NAN)
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