Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives recently traveled to the Dominican Republic to meet with law enforcement authorities and “possible family members” of two people found dead inside the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane that earlier this month landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

BSO detectives are working with Dominican investigators and the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office to confirm the pairs’ identities and determine how they ended up in th

The stowaways found dead in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane in Florida earlier this month have been identified as two teenagers traveling from the Dominican Republic, according to a report Thursday.

Two men from the Dominican Republic were found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, prompting an investigation into how they accessed the plane and whether they were attempting to stow away.