The discovery of two teenagers deceased in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane has been followed by an identification of the young individuals. After nearly three months since the initial grim find at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, authorities released their names as Jeik Aniluz Lusi, 18, and Elvis Borques Castillo, 16, WFTV reported.
According to multiple reports, JetBlue flight 1801, which took off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and included a stop in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, before arriving in Florida, became the site where their bodies were discovered during a routine check on Jan. 6 after the plane landed just after 11 p.m, as detailed by FOX8.
The process of identification involved "extensive DNA testing," acknowledged the Broward County Sheriff's Office, yet the method by which the two teenagers accessed the notoriously fatal confines of the landing gear remains unknown, a reality underscored by experts who highlight the extreme conditions faced by stowaways in such spaces, with insufficient oxygen, extreme cold, and deafening noise levels, according to WSAZ's reporting.
