Almost three years after a stowaway was discovered aboard a KLM flight from Lagos into Amsterdam, another body of a stowaway was once again discovered in the wheel well of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777 (registered PH-BQM), originating from Lagos, Nigeria.
It’s currently unknown how and when the man was able to climb into the aircraft; an investigation has been launched.
According to Aviation24, the extra passenger is believed to have died from hypothermia. Occasionally, stowaways are discovered in wheel wells of aircraft.
“Sometimes they survive, but most of the time it goes wrong given the sharp drop in temperature. On longer flights, temperatures can go down to minus fifty degrees, impossible to survive,” a spokesperson of the Royal Dutch Marechaussee explained.
It could be recalled that in 2021, a flight from Nigeria to the Netherlands ended in tragic circumstances after the body of a man was found inside the landing gear. It is thought the man stowed away on the flight, where he perished from hypothermia.
