Stowaway's body found on plane

Japanese authorities are trying to identify a man's body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines plane that arrived in Tokyo from New York.

The body of the apparent stowaway was clad only in a long-sleeved, plaid shirt and jeans.

A mechanic made the grim discovery during maintenance work on the Boeing 777-200. Temperatures in that part of the aircraft fall to minus 58 degrees centigrade during flight.

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