Stowaway found dead on KQ flight

Kenya Airways plane at Moi International Airport. Photo Nobert Allan
Kenya Airways plane at Moi International Airport. Photo Nobert Allan

A body of a man suspected to be a stowaway was yesterday found on a Kenya Airways flight which landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The plane had left Mumbai, India on Wednesday night and lamnded JKIA yesterday morning.The body which has not been identified yet was found in one of the landing gears.

The stowaway is believed to have frozen to death during the non-stop five hour flight from Mumbai's Sahar Airport.The Kenya Airports Police Unit CID boss Joseph Ngisa yesterday confirmed that the body of an African male adult had been found on the air side after the KQ flight 203.The body was taken to the City Mortuary for postmortem to determine the man's identity.

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