The first police investigators to enter the hold were confronted by flies and an overpowering stench, and a mass of tangled limbs.

Residents and workers in the plants have complained of poor health, chest problems and the overpowering stench.

They had to cope with the overpowering stench, strapped in like paratroopers down either side, their luggage piled up in the middle.

An overpowering stench of burnt flesh and clothing began pervading the witness room.

It has an overpowering stench.