Two people have been found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida.
The grim discovery was made during a routine post-flight maintenance inspection on Monday evening.
The aircraft had arrived from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport when the bodies were discovered.
The investigation is centred around Terminal 3, which serves as JetBlue Airways' base at the Florida airport.
The grim discovery was made after the JetBlue plane landed at Fort Lauderdale on an inbound flight from New York
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The investigation is centred around Terminal 3, which serves as JetBlue Airways' base at Ford Lauderdale International Airport
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The identities of the two individuals and how they managed to access the aircraft remain under investigation.
Local law enforcement and airport authorities are working to determine the circumstances surrounding this incident.