An unidentified stowaway was found dead this week on a American Airline inflight from Europe as it landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Police say maintenance workers discovered the body Sunday morning after the plane landed from Europe.

The subject was discovered inside one of the main landing gear compartments while the maintenance crew was working on the aircraft, authorities said.

Crew at Charlotte Douglas International Airport were performing routine maintenance on the plane discovered the person around nine o'clock on the morning of September 28.

Airplane maintenance workers in North Carolina have found the body of a suspected stowaway in the landing gear of an American Airlines flight that had recently arrived from Europe.

An unidentified stowaway was found dead this week on a American Airline inflight from Europe as it landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.