LAHORE Authorities are investigating whether the 22-year-old boy who was found battered to death on the rooftop of a residential apartment in Al-Faisal Town area located near Allama Iqbal International Airport, fell to his death from an Airblue flight. Well-placed sources disclosed to this reporter that the pilot of an Airblue flight contacted the control tower soon after taking off from the Lahore Airport and left a message that there was a problem in the landing gear. Few minutes later, the Control Tower received another message from the pilot that the problem is over now. One line of the investigation is whether the boy was a daily wager or mechanic at the airport, who managed to enter into the landing gear of the aircraft to reach Dubai. Police sources believed that the boy presumably fell down from the Dubai-bound flight and his remains were found on the rooftop of one Haji Muhammad Afzal, an employee of the PTCL and resident of Al-Faisal Town. However, authorities declined to comment on reports that the boy was travelling covertly in the landing gear of the aircraft. The boy, yet to be identified so far, was found dead shortly after he plunged from a flight and crashed onto the rooftop of a single storey residential apartment after Thursday midnight. It is important to mention here that there were no high-rise buildings in the surrounding so it is out of question that he fell down from the rooftop of some other building. Dozens of locals in Al-Faisal Town came out of their residences soon after they heard a huge bang that took place exactly at 09:22 pm on Thursday night. Sources in Civil Aviation said that an Airblue flight took off for Dubai from the Lahore Airport at about 9:18 pm. The plane was at low altitude (about 250-feet high) when the incident took place, eyewitnesses said. 'Soon after an airplane flew over the area there was huge bang. Initially, we all failed to determine the cause of noise but later after a thorough search, the boy was found with his arms and legs broken and with visible damage to his head, Muhammad Masood, college student and resident of Al-Faisal Town told this reporter at the crime scene. There were visible marks of grease and lubricant on the hands, legs and clothes of the deceased. 'The authorities are investigating actively and are probing into the happening on multiple fronts, sources said. The Airport Administration, Civil Aviation and Airport Security Force (ASF) are conducting separate investigations into the incident, the sources added. 'They boy was wearing trouser and T-shirt with shining black shoes. He was a good looking clean-shaved young boy, a police investigator said, after examining his body. The police have removed the body to the morgue for an autopsy. However, police are also working to establish his identity. The airport workers and daily wagers were also being grilled in this regard. 'We are also questioning the airport staff whether anybody is missing from the duty, a source at the airport said. The incident a quite unique in its nature and thought to be the first in the Civil Aviation history of Pakistan which spread a wave of fear and shock in the entire posh Al-Faisal Town located near Allama Iqbal International Airport, from where a good number of aircrafts fly over frequently. The unusual incident also became talk of the town here on Friday besides putting a big question mark of the security of flights at a time when the country is facing worst ever terrorism. When contacted repeatedly, the spokesman of Airblue was not available for his comments. The police have got fingerprints of the boy but did not send it to National Data Base and Registration Authority (NADRA) to establish his identity. Further investigations were underway till filing of this report.