Two people were found dead in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane from New York City after it landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the airline said Tuesday.

The discovery came after the flight, which originated in Chicago, landed in Hawaii. The death is under investigation.

A dead body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines jetliner after the aircraft landed in the Hawaiian island of Maui, the airline said on Wednesday.

A plane wheel well is a compartment in the wings or fuselage where the landing gear is stored when not in use. It is a hazardous location for stowaways, who could encounter low oxygen levels, hypothermia, crushing, or the risk of falling during the flight.

United Airlines has confirmed that a body was found in the wheel well of one of its planes after landing in Maui.

Two bodies were discovered in the wheel well of a JetBlue flight that arrived in Fort Lauderdale from New York on Monday evening, the airline announced. The grim discovery was made Monday night during a routine post-flight assessment of the plane,

The individuals have not been publicly named and authorities continue to investigate how they accessed the landing gear of the aircraft, JetBlue told multiple outlets. "This is a

The bodies of two people were found inside the landing gear of a JetBlue plane that landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Monday, the airline said.

Two people were found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane after it landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the airline said in a statement on Tuesday. The bodies, which have not yet been publicly identified,