A dead man was found in the landing gear bay of a plane coming from Iran at Frankfurt Airport.

Employees discovered the body on Thursday during maintenance work, a police spokesman said. As "Bild.de" reported, the Lufthansa plane took off from the Iranian capital Tehran early Thursday morning. According to the police spokesman, it landed in Frankfurt after 5 a.m. According to the timetable, the direct flight on this route takes five and a half hours.

Further details, such as the identity of the man or the background, were initially unclear. The Lufthansa flight Tehran-Frankfurt for Friday morning was canceled according to the flight plan.