FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Authorities are investigating after the bodies of two people were found Monday night in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to News 6 partner WPLG.
According to a spokesperson for the airline, the victims’ bodies were discovered during a “routine post-flight maintenance inspection.”
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The victims were already dead when they were found, the spokesperson confirmed.
According to flight radar data, the flight arrived at 11:03 p.m. Monday from New York’s JFK International Airport.
Audio from Broadcastify reveals that the victims were two males, but their identities have not yet been released by authorities.
Broward Sheriff’s Office spokesman Carey Codd confirmed that Airport District deputies responded to the scene at about 11:30 p.m. and paramedics pronounced the victims dead at the scene.
He said the investigation is ongoing and the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office will perform autopsies to determine the causes of death for both victims.
“This is a heartbreaking situation, and we are committed to working closely with authorities to support their efforts to understand how this occurred,” the airline said in a statement.
A representative for the airport confirmed that there were “no impacts to FLL operations due to this incident.”
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