by Anike Jacobs

A suspected stowaway reportedly died in the undercarriage compartment of an Arik Air aircraft on Saturday, March 14.

According to a statement by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, the yet-to-be-identified body was discovered in an Arik airbus A345, with registration number, CS-TFX at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The statement said that FAAN was reviewing footages of the CCTV system and airside security operations with a view to identifying the gaps and personnel failure, if any, in order to take action.

Confirming the incident, General Manager, FAAN, Yakubu Dati, in a chat with Punch Newspapers said that the flight was due to take off for JFK Airport, United States on Saturday night.

He said: “The aircraft was parked by the time the body was discovered, but we found out it was bound to leave for JFK later this night.”