Source: AP / BTA
TO A body was found in the landing gear of a Lufthansa plane that arrived at Frankfurt airport yesterday from Tehran, Reuters reported, referring to the German newspaper “Bild”, BTA reported.
German police said a body was found in the landing gear compartment of a plane flying from Tehran to Frankfurt. https://t.co/ngGqanpyXR
– DW News (@dwnews) October 28, 2022
The body was discovered by the workers after the passengers had already left the A340
and it was in a maintenance hangar. The flight of the same plane, scheduled for today, was canceled, according to information from the Lufthansa website.
The airline and police have so far refused to comment.
This macabre discovery comes amid protests and unrest in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini,
A 22-year-old Iranian woman of Kurdish origin who was detained by the Islamic Republic’s moral police for “indecent clothing” died shortly thereafter, the agency noted.
In the title photo: Lufthansa aircraft at Frankfurt airport.
