The heavy odor coming from the aircraft revealed a chilling truth: a corpse was found on the landing crew.
After the passenger flight from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur landed, staff noticed the strong odor coming from the aircraft. Teams inspecting the landing crew's area found a corpse that had apparently been there for about 72 hours.
A horrific incident occurred on a passenger flight departing from Tokyo, Japan's capital, bound for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After landing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the crew around the aircraft noticed a strong odor that put the team on alert.
During the incident that took place around 06:30 in the morning, officers investigating the source of the smell inspected the area where the aircraft's landing gear was located. Upon opening the compartment, the team found a male corpse that had begun to decompose.
Following the report, security forces and forensic teams were dispatched to the scene.
Identity Still Unidentified
Initial examinations suggested that the body belonged to a man in his twenties. It was learned that the individual, wearing a white T‑shirt and blue jeans, did not have an ID card on him.
Because the body was severely decomposed, work began to identify it, while Malaysian police are conducting a comprehensive investigation into the incident.
The body is thought to have been there for at least 72 hours.
While officials are making their initial assessments based on the compartment where the body was found and the person's condition, they are focusing on the possibility that the illegal traveler may have hidden in the aircraft's landing gear bay at a previous stop.
It is estimated that the body has been in the landing gear compartment for about 72 hours.
The aircraft's landing gear compartments, however, pose a life‑threatening risk during flight due to extremely low temperatures, insufficient oxygen, and serious physical hazards. Consequently, the chance of survival for those attempting to travel illegally in those compartments is very low.
Similar incidents have also occurred earlier.
The incident that unfolded in Kuala Lumpur has brought the deadly risks of illegal travel attempts in aircraft landing gear compartments back into the spotlight.
Last June, a smuggled passenger was found dead in the landing‑gear section of a plane traveling from Morocco to the United Kingdom. The person discovered at Gatwick Airport was determined to have died from hypothermia and oxygen deficiency.
Japanese and Malaysian officials are working together.
Malaysian police are continuing their investigation to determine the identity of the body and how the person entered the plane's landing‑gear section.
Officials reported that they are coordinating with Interpol and Japanese authorities to shed light on the incident. It is expected that details about the body's identity and the point at which the individual infiltrated the aircraft will become clear in later stages of the investigation.
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