Plenty of questions still remain two days after authorities discovered a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines aircraft in Hawaii.

Hawaii authorities are investigating a dead body found in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane that flew from Chicago to Maui on Christmas Eve. Newsweek contacted Boeing, and the Maui Police Department for further comment via email outside of normal office hours.

A dead body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines jetliner after the aircraft landed in the Hawaiian island of Maui, the airline said on Wednesday.

A dead body was found in a wheel well of a United Airlines plane that landed in Maui, Hawaii, on Tuesday, Dec. 24. The body was found in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears on the Boeing 787-10 plane when it arrived at Kahului Airport, according to a statement from United Airlines obtained by PEOPLE.

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

United Airlines has confirmed that a body was found in the wheel well of one of its planes after landing in Maui.

A dead body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane at Maui’s Kahului Airport on Christmas Eve. United Airlines said the unidentified man’s body was discovered in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears on the Boeing 787-10 plane after it landed,

It was an unsettling and tragic discovery on Christmas Eve when the body of a dead man was discovered inside the wheel well of a United Airlines flight from Chicago after landing on Maui. The incident remains under investigation,

At this time, it is not clear how or when the person accessed the wheel well,” the airline said, noting it is working with law enforcement on the incident.

Authorities in Maui, Hawaii are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Maui. The airline and police department said in statements on