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A dead body was found on the wheel of a United Airlines plane after it
landed at Maui's airport in Hawaii on Christmas Eve.

UA flight 202 took off from Chicago at 9.50am Tuesday and arrived in Maui
at 2pm local time.

The body was found on a wheel well of the Boeing 787-10, an area only accessible from outside of the aircraft.

'Upon arrival at Kahului airport in Maui on Tuesday, a body was found in
the wheel well of one of the main landing gears on a United aircraft,'
United told DailyMail.com in a statement on Wednesday.

'United is working with law enforcement authorities on the investigation.'

The airline added that it's not clear how or when the person accessed the
wheel well.

'The Maui Police Department is currently conducting an active
investigation regarding a deceased individual discovered on an incoming
flight from the mainland this afternoon. At this time, no further details
are available,' police said in a statement, as reported by Hawaii News
Now.

Hawaii Department of Transportation officials also confirmed the gruesome discovery on the plane.

It comes on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year as millions take flights during the holidays.

The Transportation Security Administration expects to screen 40 million passengers through January 2.

Airlines expect to have their busiest days on Thursday, Friday and Sunday.

Also on Tuesday, American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide
because of a technical problem just as the Christmas travel season kicked
into overdrive and winter weather threatened more potential problems for
those planning to fly or drive.

As a result, flights were delayed across American’s major hubs, with only
36 percent of the airline’s 3,901 domestic and international flights
leaving on time, according to Cirium, an aviation analytics company.
Fifty-one flights were canceled.

Because the holiday travel period lasts weeks, airports and airlines
typically have smaller peak days than they do during the rush around Thanksgiving, but the grind of one hectic day followed by another takes a
toll on flight crews. And any hiccups — a winter storm or a computer
outage — can snowball into massive disruptions.

This will be the first holiday season since a Transportation Department
rule took effect that requires airlines to give customers automatic cash refunds for canceled or significantly delayed flights.

Most air travelers were already eligible for refunds, but they often had
to request them.

Comments

VillaNadine
Sosua, Dominican Republic
1 day ago

It's amazing that we're spending all this money on security and
confiscating water bottles and batteries when apparently someone, carrying
God knows what, can gain unfettered access to a plane.

aballen
Naples, United States
1 day ago

It’s all theater.


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