By Karina Tsui, Dianne Gallagher, CNN(CNN) — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, are investigating the death of a stowaway found Sunday morning inside the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines flight. The plane had recently arrived in Charlotte from Europe, and was undergoing maintenance when the body was discovered, according to a statement from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police. An American Airlines spokesperson told CNN affiliate WSOC that the airline is working with law enforcement. CNN has reached out to American Airlines, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s Office for more information. In January, two people were found dead in the wheel well of a JetBlue flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida.