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Investigators look for security breach after 2 stowaways found dead on JetBlue plane

  • Investigators are looking into a security breach that allowed two stowaways to enter a landing gear compartment on a JetBlue plane.
  • The bodies of the stowaways were found during a routine inspection after the plane landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International.
  • Investigators are reviewing surveillance video from all airports where the flight operated to determine how the stowaways accessed the aircraft.
  • Neither stowaway worked for JetBlue, and investigators are exploring whether they boarded the plane in Jamaica.
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The IndependentThe Independent

JetBlue stowaways’ bodies were badly decomposed when found in Florida, report says

According to FAA data, approximately 80 percent of people who try to stowaway in external compartments on aircraft — such as wheel bays

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Yeshiva World NewsYeshiva World News

Stowaways On Planes And Inside Landing Gear Raise Worries About Aviation Security

What is going on with aviation security? People have been found dead hiding in the wheel wells of planes twice in the past month. Two stowaways were arrested on different flights in November and December. Then a passenger opened an emergency door while a plane was taxiing in Boston Tuesday night. These incidents are being investigated, so we don’t know yet exactly where security failed. But clearly there were gaps in security. So it’s natural to…

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Investigators look for security breach after 2 stowaways found dead on JetBlue plane

By John MacLauchlan, Larry Seward Click here for updates on this story     FORT LAUDERDALE (WFOR) — Broward Sheriff and federal investigators are trying to determine where a security breach occurred that allowed two stowaways to enter a landing gear compartment on a JetBlue plane. Their bodies were found late Monday night after the plane, on a flight from John F. Kennedy International in New York, landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Internation…

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Jamaica GleanerJamaica Gleaner

Dead stowaways found on JetBlue plane not Jamaicans, says Johnson Smith

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kamina Johnson Smith, says the two deceased stowaways that were recently discovered in the wheel well of an aircraft in Fort Lauderdale in the United States are not Jamaicans.  “Further information received...

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Jamaica ObserverJamaica Observer

Indications suggest dead JetBlue stowaways not Jamaicans – Johnson Smith - Jamaica Observer

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Preliminary investigations suggest that the two dead stowaways found in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane after it landed at a Florida airport are not Jamaicans. The revelation was made by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith on social media platform X on Thursday morning. “Further information received, now indicates that the individuals are not Jamaican. We still, however, await formal reports..

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Wings MagazineWings Magazine

Stowaways on planes and inside landing gear raise worries about aviation security - Wings Magazine

People have been found dead hiding in the wheel wells of planes twice in the past month. Two stowaways were arrested on different flights in November and

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KIFI broke the news in Idaho Falls, United States on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
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