An Air France plane at Roissy airport (image of illustration). - JOEL SAGET / AFP

The body of a child "about ten years old" was found this Wednesday morning in the landing gear of an Air France plane from Abidjan, we learned from a close source of the investigation.

The plane, a Boeing 777, took off from Abidjan on Tuesday evening and landed shortly after 6am in Paris. In a press release, the airline, which confirms the death of a "clandestine passage" without specifying its age, deplores a "human drama".

Air France confirms that the lifeless body of a stowaway was discovered in the well of the landing gear of the aircraft carrying out flight AF703 connecting Abidjan (ABJ) to Paris-Charles de Gaulle on January 7, 2020 1/2

- Air France FR (@AirFranceFR) January 8, 2020
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