JetBlue has released a statement after two men were found dead inside the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft Monday night at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Two people were found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane after it landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the airline said in a statement on Tuesday. The bodies were discovered Monday evening during a "routine post-flight maintenance inspection" at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the airline said.

Two people were found dead inside the landing gear of a JetBlue commercial airplane that landed Monday evening in Florida, according to reports.

Two people have been found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida.

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport became the site of a grim discovery late Monday night when two people were found dead in the landing gear of a JetBlue carrier, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

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The discovery of two bodies in the landing gear of a JetBlue plane on Monday night has drawn widespread attention. The flight had arrived at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport from New York City. While tragic and unsettling, such incidents, though rare, are not unprecedented.

The announcement comes less than two weeks after the Transportation Department fined JetBlue $2 million for chronic delays.

Broward County authorities said that two people were found in the aircraft landing gear compartment of a JetBlue passenger airplane that landed at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Monday night.