<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Maui.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The body was found in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears on flight 202, which arrived at Kahului Airport from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="_blank" title="Chicago"><span>Chicago</span></a><span> on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT), United said in an emailed statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The airline said the wheel well of the Boeing 787-10 was only accessible from the outside of the aircraft, and that it was unclear how or when the person accessed it.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victorian-bushfires-firefighters-prepare-for-catastrophic-conditions-emergency-leave-now-warning-issued-for-bornes-hill/32c88152-7eeb-4e05-818d-f8f3d9732e70" rel="" target="_blank" title="READ MORE: Major highway closed as bushfire reaches 'emergency level' in Victoria"><strong><span>READ MORE: Major highway closed as bushfire reaches 'emergency level' in Victoria</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In an emailed statement, the Maui Police Department said it was “actively investigating" the discovery of the dead body.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neither United nor the Maui Police Department shared further information.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Associated Press called Kahului Airport on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) and was directed to a public affairs officer for the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/aviation" rel="" target="_blank" title="state department of transportation"><span>state department of transportation</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/dead-body-found-in-wheel-well-of-united-plane-from-chicago-to-maui/60c10d86-e7c0-4366-b923-93fc1634a14c" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A spokesperson for the department said in an email that it had no additional details beyond what United had confirmed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hiding in a plane's wheel well is the most common method used by stowaways, CNN reported.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US Federal Aviation Administration said more than 77 per cent do not survive the journey.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That is either due to being crushed by the plane's landing hear, a lack of oxygen or hypothermia.</span></div></div>