The discovery came after the flight, which originated in Chicago, landed in Hawaii. The death is under investigation.

A body was discovered in the wheel well of a United Airlines aircraft upon its arrival at Kahului Airport on Maui on Christmas Eve, according to the company.

A plane wheel well is a compartment in the wings or fuselage where the landing gear is stored when not in use. It is a hazardous location for stowaways, who could encounter low oxygen levels, hypothermia, crushing, or the risk of falling during the flight.

It was the second time in two weeks that an airline discovered a dead passenger in the landing gear compartment.

An investigation is underway after two people were found dead in a JetBlue plane's landing gear area at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Two stowaways were found dead late last night in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane that had landed at Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport from New York's JFK. This comes two weeks after a body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane that had landed in Maui after departing from Chicago.

Two people were found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane after it landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the airline said in a statement on Tuesday. The bodies were discovered Monday evening during a "routine post-flight maintenance inspection" at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport,

The individuals have not been publicly named and authorities continue to investigate how they accessed the landing gear of the aircraft, JetBlue told multiple outlets. "This is a