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British investigators were working to identify on Tuesday a man who apparently fell out of the landing gear compartment of a London-bound Kenya Airways flight and plunged to his death in the garden of a home, police said.

Though it is not yet clear what motivated the stowaway, the incident is the latest case of someone hiding in a plane’s undercarriage and raises questions about security at airports, in addition to highlighting the extreme risks people are willing to take to migrate.

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Kenya Airways Flight 100 had taken off for the nine hour journey to London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday.

As the plane was descending, the stowaway fell out of the landing gear compartment, where police later discovered a bag, water and some food. His body hit the ground in a residential neighbourhood in Clapham in southern London, next to a sunbather, the BBC reported.

Prior stowaway incidents have prompted questions about security at airports. The accessibility of landing-gear compartments has suggested that intruders could exploit this vulnerability to place explosive devices.