A 10-year-old child has been found dead in the undercarriage of a plane from the Ivory Coast.
The youngster's lifeless body was found in the landing gears of the Air France plane which had travelled from Abidjan yesterday.
One report has suggested that the deceased child was a boy.
The plane, a Boeing 777, had landed in Paris shortly after 5pm on Tuesday.
In a statement, Air France expressed its condolences over the incident and said an investigation into the death is ongoing.
In a statement, Air France said: "Air France confirms that the lifeless body of a stowaway was discovered in the well of the landing gear of the aircraft performing flight AF703 connecting Abidjan (ABJ) to Paris-Charles de Gaulle on January 7, 2020."
The journey between Abidjan and Paris takes around six hours.
Instances of stowaways hiding in the interior of commercial jetliners are extremely rare.
Sub-zero temperatures inside the aircraft are likely to cause exposure and death within minutes of take-off.
Last year, the body of a stowaway was found in the garden of a home near Heathrow Airport after falling from a plane flying from Kenya's capital Nairobi.
He landed just inches away from a man who had been sunbathing in his garden in Clapham.
The man has not yet been identified but some reports suggest that man was an airport cleaner named Paul Manyasi.
He was found with just a rucksack, a pair of trainers, two bottles of drink and a few other small items.
In October 1996, two brothers from India sneaked onto a British Airways plane and attempted to enter the UK as stowaways.
Just one of the siblings survived the 10-hour flight from New Dehli to London and now works at Heathrow airport.
