Man sucked into plane engine at Italy’s Bergamo airport; flights suspended
The man was neither a passenger, nor a member of airport staff
Italy’s Bergamo airport, which offers low-cost airline connections to and from nearby Milan, was temporarily closed on Tuesday after a man died on a runway during take-off preparations for a flight.
Flight operations were suspended from 10.20am till midday local time “due to a problem that occurred on the taxiway,” the airport said in a statement, adding that authorities were investigating.
A spokesperson confirmed that a man had died, adding that he was neither a passenger nor a member of airport staff.
According to the ANSA news agency, the man was sucked into the engine of a departing plane. He ran toward the moving aircraft, chased by airport police who were unable to stop him, it added.
The Bergamo police had no immediate comment.
Spanish low-cost carrier Volotea said in a statement that following an incident with an engine of its 10.35am flight to Asturias, “one person who was not on board … and has no connection with the company suffered serious injuries.”