UK: Police release e-fit of man found dead in wheel narrows of Gatwick-bound plane
By Ahmad Hadizat Omayoza, Mamos Nigeria
As they try to identify the man who was found dead in a plane’s undercarriage, police have made a digital image of him available.
On a Tui flight from the Gambia to the UK, the body of the man was discovered. According to Sussex police at the time, his body was discovered at Gatwick airport around 4 a.m. on December 7.
He was discovered without any identification. Information has been shared with authorities in the nation in West Africa. He is thought to have been in his 20s or 30s.
The plane had traveled 3,600 miles to the London airport from Banjul international airport. The typical trip between the two objections is as a rule around six hours.
Sussex Police DI Darren Lillywhite said: This was a sad case, and we are attempting to lay out the character of the man viewed as expired. This man will have loved ones or relatives who do not know what has happened to him someplace.
An inquest could provide answers for the man’s family if detectives can identify him.
Lillywhite declared, We are especially looking for people in the UK who might have been expecting to meet a friend or family member who didn’t show up in December, as well as people in the Gambia or nearby countries who might know about someone who planned to travel to the UK or Europe.
The Gambia’s government spokesperson, Ebrima G. Sankareh, stated at the time of the discovery: The information says that the dead black man was found in the aircraft’s wheel bay without any papers to prove his name, age, nationality, or travel itinerary. As a result, it is still unclear who he is at this point.
Stowaways have previously been discovered dead after boarding a flight to the UK. In 2019, the body of a man who fell from a Kenya Airways flight landed in a garden in south London as the aircraft approached Heathrow.
José Matada died in 2012 when he fell from a British Airways flight coming from Angola. Matada, initially from Mozambique, was tracked down on the asphalt in East Sheen, south-west London, on 9 September.
