Authorities probe suspected stowaway found dead on Lagos-Amsterdam flight

Authorities in Nigeria are currently investigating how a stowaway found his way into a Lagos-Amsterdam flight on Monday, Daily Trust can report.

Our correspondent reports that the body of a Nigerian man was found dead underneath a KLM flight that landed in Amsterdam on Monday.

Already, the Dutch authorities have launched an investigation into the man’s identity and cause of death after he was discovered inside a wheel arch.

“We are investigating the discovery of a mortal remains in the landing gear of an airplane from Lagos (Nigeria),” the Dutch Police Force wrote on Twitter.

The man, who is thought to have been a stowaway, was suspected to have died of hypothermia ostensibly due to loss of oxygen.

The incidents of stowaway are not new in Nigeria aviation with youths taking a daring move to hide under the gear compartment of aircraft.

On the Monday incident, airport sources said the yet to be identified man must have beaten airport security to hide in the aircraft. A source at the airport said authorities are already looking into how the man found his way to the parked plane prior to departure.

The South-West Regional Manager of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Victoria Shin-Aba said investigation is ongoing on the incident.

Spokesman of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Police Command, Olayinka Ojelade said he has not been briefed on the incident as he just resumed at the command as PPRO.