An unidentified man found dead in the wheel compartment of a plane froze to death during a flight from Africa to Britain, an inquest has heard.
Emergency services were called to Gatwick on the morning of June 16 after the stowaway was discovered unresponsive by a ground engineer.
He was located in the landing gear compartment of an Air Arabia plane that had arrived from Tangier, Morocco when the airport worker spotted a packing strap hanging down.
A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be cardiac arrest, followed by hypoxia and hypothermia.
West Sussex Brighton and Hove Area Coroner Joseph Turner opened the
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