Body found in United Airlines 747 wheel well
07/19/2007 10:25:27 AM PDT
A body was discovered inside the wheel well of a United Airlines Boeing 747 that landed this morning at San Francisco International Airport, according to airport spokesman Mike McCarron.
Mechanics found what appears to be a man's body inside the wheel well of the nose gear during a post-flight inspection of United Flight 858, which arrived this morning from Shanghai around 8 a.m., McCarron said.
The San Mateo County Coroner's Office is investigating the cause of death.
According to the airport's Web site, the plane was scheduled to depart for Los Angeles at 10:45 a.m.
In January, a stowaway was found dead in the wheel well of a British Airways jet that landed at Los Angeles International Airport. In 2001, the body of a 19-year-old native of Zaire was found inside the wheel well of a US Airways Flight from London to San Francisco.
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