Investigators are continuing to search for answers after a body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24, after a flight from Chicago to Maui.
A United Airlines spokesperson said, “the wheel well is only accessible from outside the aircraft.” The airline is working with law enforcement to figure out how the person was able to get in.
According to flight tracking website FlightAware, the plane had previously flown from São Paulo, Brazil on a direct flight to Chicago. The plane then had about a four-and-a-half-hour layover before the flight to Maui, which takes a little over nine hours on average.
So far, there is no identity of the person who died.
