ROME — A person died after being sucked into the engine of a aircraft making ready to take off at Bergamo Airport in northern Italy Tuesday, an airport spokesperson advised AFP.
The sufferer, who was “neither a passenger nor an airport worker”, compelled his means onto the runway, the place he was “pursued” in useless by airport safety, based on the spokesperson for airport administration firm SACBO.
Based on Italy’s Corriere della Sera each day, the person was a 35-year-old Italian. It stated he burst into the airport, then used an emergency exit to hurry onto the runway towards an plane making ready for take-off.
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Earlier within the day, Spanish airline Volotea wrote on social media that its flight from Bergamo to Asturias in Spain was concerned in an “incident” at 10:35 am (0835 GMT).
“One individual not onboard and never affiliated with the corporate was severely injured. All 154 passengers and 6 crew are protected,” it stated on X.
“We’re doing every part doable to help the affected passengers and crew, offering them with psychological help, whereas working in shut coordination with the Italian authorities.”
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The aircraft was an Airbus A319, based on monitoring web site Flightradar24.
Flights had been suspended at Bergamo Airport, Italy’s third largest by passenger quantity, following the incident, however resumed at noon, based on SACBO. /dl