DEAD STOWAWAY FOUND ON KLM FLIGHT FROM LAGOS

On Monday, a dead stowaway was discovered in the wheel well of a KLM Royal Netherlands Airlines Boeing 777.

According to Belgium's Aviation24, the plane (registered PH-BQM) took off from Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital.

It is still unknown how the undocumented passenger boarded the plane, but an investigation has begun.

The man could have died from hypothermia, a medical emergency caused by the body losing too much heat.

The Royal Dutch Marechaussee observed that stowaways do survive in certain circumstances but not in the majority.

"Most of the time it goes wrong given the sharp drop in temperature," a spokesperson said.

"On longer flights, temperatures can go down to minus fifty degrees, impossible to survive."

The Royal Marechaussee is the Netherlands' national police service, handling both military and civilian police tasks.