Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) have confirmed that last night an intruder at Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) managed to evade security and board a BA aircraft bound for London, he was found dead upon arrival at Heathrow Airport.
Why the unidentified passenger boarded the plane is still unknown. Lester Kiewit, a journalist and reporter for eNCA, broke the news at approximately 12h30 today via his Twitter account, @lesterkk.
Below, all his Tweets regarding the matter to date, rearranged chronologically.
The type of aircraft has not yet been identified, nor has the identity of the stowaway been revealed.
BA has not yet made any official comments.
[Source: Twitter]
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