Dead stowaways found on JetBlue plane not Jamaicans, says Johnson Smith

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kamina Johnson Smith, says the two deceased stowaways that were recently discovered in the wheel well of an aircraft in Fort Lauderdale in the United States are not Jamaicans. 

“Further information received now indicates that the individuals are not Jamaican. We still, however, await formal reports as investigations continue,” Johnson Smith said in a post on social media platform X. 

The two bodies were discovered in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft in the United States on Monday night. Though its most recent flight was from New York to Fort Lauderdale, the aircraft had been in both Kingston, Jamaica, and Salt Lake City, Utah, earlier on Monday, according to the flight tracking service FlightAware.com.

The aircraft's stop in Jamaica gave rise to speculation that the people could be Jamaican.

- Sashana Small

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