2 bodies found in landing gear of JetBlue plane from JFK: authorities

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- Two bodies were found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft at a South Florida airport, authorities said.

The bodies were discovered during a routine post-flight maintenance inspection Monday night at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, a spokesperson for JetBlue told PIX11 News.

The aircraft had arrived in Fort Lauderdale shortly after 11 p.m. from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

It was not immediately clear how the people accessed the aircraft, according to a spokesperson for JetBlue.

"This is a heartbreaking situation, and we are committed to working closely with authorities to support their efforts to understand how this occurred," the spokesperson said.

Names of the people or other details about them were not immediately released Tuesday.