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Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- A body was found in the landing gear bay of an airplane that arrived at Tokyo's Narita Airport Sunday, the airport announced.

The dead man was not carrying a passport or personal belongings, airport police said.

The man was of dark complexion and dressed in blue jeans and a red and dark blue long-sleeved shirt, police told CNN.

Police said he possibly froze to death and suffered a shortage of oxygen at high altitude, but did not provide a definite cause of death pending an autopsy.

A mechanic found the body in the landing gear bay, which was impossible to enter from the cabin, the airport said.

The Boeing 777, Delta Flight 59, which departed New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at 3:41 p.m. ET Saturday arrived at Narita at 4:46 p.m. local time Sunday, the airport said.

"Delta is fully co-operating with the Japanese authorities, and there is (an) on-going investigation which is being led by the Japanese authorities. The airline has not issued an official statement at this time," a Delta representative told CNN.

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[Ban Hammer 13,337]

and we thought the seating in coach was crappy.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What makes Delta's wheel wells so attractive? There's been a similar incident back in 2007 and it also involed a Delta flight.

Stowaway's Body Found In Delta Jet

Remains Reportedly Found Frozen In Pieces After Flight From Africa Landed In Atlanta

(CBS/AP) A Delta Air Lines spokeswoman says a body was found in an airplane wheel well this morning after a flight from Africa landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The jet left Senegal and flew some nine hours before it landed in Atlanta.

CBS News transportation correspondent Bob Orr reports the plane was Delta flight 35 from Johannesburg, South Africa to Atlanta, via Dakar, Senegal, and it landed at approximately 8:40 EST.

The body, believed to be a man's, was found frozen and in pieces amid the machinery of the wheel well, according to CBS affiliate WGCL-TV in Atlanta.

Orr reports that sub-zero temperatures and extreme oxygen deprivation would make it nearly impossible for a human to withstand any length of time in a passenger aircraft's wheel well.

Authorities believe the stowaway got inside the right main wheel well during the stopover in Senegal.

The FAA says Delta was notified that the stowaway might be inside the plane after the Boeing 767 was already well into its flight. Delta apparently made a decision that it was too late for the plane to turn around, reports Orr.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

and we thought the seating in coach was crappy.

This raises a lot of questions about airport security, doesn't it? If a man can slip into the wheel well, so can a man with explosives. Kaboom.

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

This raises a lot of questions about airport security, doesn't it? If a man can slip into the wheel well, so can a man with explosives. Kaboom.

napolitano would argue differently.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

This raises a lot of questions about airport security, doesn't it? If a man can slip into the wheel well, so can a man with explosives. Kaboom.

Damn. Now the FAA will outlaw landing gear.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Damn. Now the FAA will outlaw landing gear.

Well, they know how to land them without gear but the waer and tear on them airplanes... :whacko:

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[natty bumppo 297]

Well, they know how to land them without gear but the waer and tear on them airplanes... :whacko:

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gotta keep them planes maintained ... could be a way boost the economy...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

gotta keep them planes maintained ... could be a way boost the economy...

airfares would skyrocket, though...