This archive report was first published on 2 July 2019.
A man's body was discovered in a residential garden in Clapham, South London, on June 30, 2019, after he fell from a Kenya Airways plane flying over the city.
According to London's Metropolitan Police, the man appeared to have been a stowaway who fell from the landing gear compartment of the plane on approach to Heathrow airport.
A police statement read: "Police were called at 15:39hrs (10:39 ET) on Sunday, 30 June to a residential address in Offerton Road, Clapham after a body was discovered in a garden."
Officers attended the scene with the London Ambulance Service and found a bag, water, and some food in the landing gear compartment once the plane touched down at Heathrow Airport.
Kenya Airways issued a statement calling the incident unfortunate and said it was working with the police to identify the body.
"The incident has been treated as sudden death and is now a police matter. The police have already been in contact with the Kenya High Commission to help identify and name the person," the statement from Kenya Airways read.
