The body was found in the wheel well a United Airlines The plane, which had landed in Hawaii, was picked up by Chicago, local news reported.
The flight left Chicago’s O’Hare airport on Christmas Eve morning and the body was found after the plane landed at Hawaii’s Kahului airport. Before Chicagothe plane had previously flown from São Paulo to Brazil.
There is no information yet on the identity of the deceased.
“The wheel was easily accessible from outside the aircraft. At this time it is unclear how or when the person accessed the wheel,” a United Airlines spokesman said. he told CBS News.
Maui police said in a statement: “The Maui Police Department is conducting an active investigation into the death of an individual on a flight arriving from the mainland this afternoon.”