A person was killed Tuesday after being pulled into the engine of a aircraft getting ready for takeoff at Bergamo Airport in northern Italy, in accordance with an airport spokesperson talking to AFP.
The sufferer, who was “neither a passenger nor an airport employee,” pressured his approach onto the runway, the place he was “pursued” in useless by airport safety, in accordance with the spokesperson for airport administration firm SACBO.
According to Italy’s Corriere della Sera each day, the person, in his thirties, burst into the airport, then used an emergency exit to hurry onto the runway towards an plane getting ready for take-off.
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 a.m. (0835 GMT).
“One person not onboard and not affiliated with the company was seriously injured. All 154 passengers and six crew are safe,” it mentioned on X.
“We are doing everything possible to support the affected passengers and crew, providing them with psychological support, while working in close coordination with the Italian authorities.”
The aircraft was an Airbus A319, in accordance with the monitoring web site Flightradar24.
Flights have been suspended at Bergamo Airport, Italy’s third largest by passenger quantity, following the incident, however resumed at noon, in accordance with SACBO.
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