A plane wheel well is a compartment in the wings or fuselage where the landing gear is stored when not in use. It is a ...

Plenty of questions still remain two days after authorities discovered a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after the aircraft completed a flight from Chicago to Hawaii.

The Boeing 780-10’s wheel well was only accessible “from the ... Incidents included the plane rolling off the tarmac, losing a tyre after takeoff, and a reported hydraulics fault.

The discovery came after the flight, which originated in Chicago, landed in Hawaii. The death is under investigation.