A stowaway’s body found in the landing gear of a Turkish Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Istanbul may have been there for days, it has emerged.
The man is thought to be African and aged between 30 and 40 years old and was discovered after the aircraft landed in Istanbul, Turkey, on 14th September by horrified maintenance workers.
But investigators reviewing security footage have been unable to spot the moment the stowaway got onto the plane.
The plane had recently carried out flights in several African countries before arriving in Turkey.
Local media speculates that he could have sneaked on board at any of those airports, meaning he could have been dead for the best part of a week.
The aircraft, an Airbus A330, flew from Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, and from there to Banjul, the capital of Gambia, on 10th September.
It then reportedly flew from Libreville, the capital of Gabon, and Luanda, the capital of Angola, to Istanbul where it returned to European routes.
The man’s body is undergoing an autopsy.
The investigation is ongoing.
