A person in Italy died Tuesday after being sucked right into a jet engine at Milan Bergamo Airport.
The person, who has not but been recognized, was not an worker or a passenger, in accordance with Sacbo, the corporate that operates the airport.
Investigators are nonetheless working to piece collectively how the person gained entry to the taxiway, the place he “approached a stationary industrial plane with engines operating” earlier than he was sucked into the engine and killed, a statement from Sacbo said.
The plane was en path to Spain on Tuesday morning when the incident occurred. Police told Sky News the person ran onto the runway earlier than voluntarily getting into the engine of the plane.
“In the present day’s tragic occasion has deeply shaken your complete airport group,” Giovanni Sanga, Sacbo’s president, stated in an announcement Tuesday. “From the outset, along with guaranteeing the rapid administration of the emergency and help to passengers and crew, now we have additionally centered our consideration on the colleagues who witnessed the episode and had been deeply affected by it.”
The airport canceled 19 flights and delayed a number of others following the incident, in accordance with FlightAware.
