In a shocking discovery, two dead bodies were found on a JetBlue plane in Florida by maintenance crews who were performing a routine inspection. The plane landed in Florida on Monday evening, officials announced.
Paramedics declared the individuals dead on scene after their bodies were removed. Their identities have not yet been revealed, however, it has been reported that they were discovered between the plane’s landing gear and wheel.
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JetBlue Flight 1801 had travelled from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City before landing at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Monday evening. The bodies were found during a routine maintenance inspection of the aircraft after it touched down in Fort Lauderdale, A JetBlue spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News. “This is a heartbreaking situation, and we are committed to working closely with authorities to support their efforts to understand how this occurred,” the spokesperson added.
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The JetBlue flight departed New York — where temperatures had plunged well below freezing — shortly before 8 p.m. on Monday. The plane then landed in Fort Lauderdale about five minutes late at 11:10 p.m., according to flight tracker data. While the plane’s must recent flight had come from New York, JetBlue Flight 1801 had been in both Kingston, Jamaica, and Salt Lake City, Utah, earlier on Monday, according to the flight tracking service FlightAware.com. Authorities have not provided any information as to where the deceased individuals could have come from.
Broward County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Carey Codd said that both bodies are believed to be male. “Beyond that, their identities at this point are unknown, and that is some of the information that Broward sheriff’s office detectives are trying to sort out at this point,” he revealed.
“Detectives will investigate and research all aspects of this particular incident, trying to figure out where the flight originated from, where else it had been, the circumstances under which the individuals got onto the plane,” Codd added.