A man’s body has been found in the undercarriage of a plane that flew from Gambia to Britain.

The unidentified body of a black male was found on a jet operated by TUI Airways – a British charter airline – that had flown from Gambia’s capital of Banjul to London’s Gatwick Airport, Gambia’s government spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday.

Sussex Police said the body was discovered at Gatwick around 4am on 7 December.

In a statement, the force said: “Police were called after the body of a man was found in the undercarriage of an aircraft at Gatwick Airport, arriving from Gambia, at about 4am on December 7.

“Officers are investigating and a report will be prepared for HM Coroner.”

However, this is not the first time – Stowaways on planes and ships have happened before.

In 2015, Dutch authorities discovered a body in the landing gear of a plane from Africa in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.

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In November, three stowaways were found on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after an 11-day ocean voyage from Nigeria.

In 2019, Stowaway reportedly fell from a Heathrow plane and landed next to sunbather.

The body was found on the undercarriage of a Kenya Airways flight that left from Nairobi.

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