According to British Airways, the corpse was inside the landing gear bay of a Boeing 747 after it arrived at the London airport from Cape Town in South Africa, yesterday.
"We are liaising with the South African authorities and Cape Town airport after a body was found in the landing gear bay of one of our aircraft," a company spokesman was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying.
"They are investigating how this incident took place, which involved a Boeing 747 which arrived this morning from Cape Town. This is a very rare and sad event and our thoughts are with the individual