Dead Stowaway Found After Emergency Landing
A Polynesian Airlines jet with 72 people aboard made an emergency landing when its right landing gear did not deploy. The body of a stowaway was later found in the wheel well, the airline said.
The cause of death of the unidentified man was not known. Passengers used emergency slides to leave the jet after the landing Tuesday, and no one was injured, airline Chief Executive Richard Gates said.
The body in the wheel well prevented the landing gear from extending, Gates said.
The stowaway apparently climbed into the right wheel bay of the Boeing 737-300 while it was in neighboring Tonga, Gates said.
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