Main points
- A man was sucked into an aircraft engine at Milan Bergamo airport as the plane was preparing to take off, causing flights to be temporarily suspended.
- The Volotea Airbus A319-111, which was scheduled to fly to Asturias, was damaged; the incident is being investigated by Italian civil aviation authorities and law enforcement agencies.
- The identity of the victim has not been established; such cases are rare, but have occurred at other airports around the world.
Man Caught in Airplane Engine at Italian Airport / Photo Unsplash (illustrative)
A man was sucked into an aircraft engine on the taxiway at Milan Bergamo Airport in Italy. The incident occurred as the plane was leaving its parking space and preparing for takeoff.
This was reported by Channel 24 with reference to Newsweek.
Incident at the airport in Italy
Local media reported that the man was sucked into the engine as the plane was leaving a parking space and preparing to take off. The man is about 35 years old.
At 10:20 local time, airport operator SACBO said flights had been suspended due to “an issue with the taxiway.” Flights were resumed at 12:00, although delays and cancellations continued into the afternoon.
The plane damaged was an Airbus A319-111 operated by Volotea, which was scheduled to fly to Asturias, Spain. The company confirmed this, saying that a person who was not on board the plane was seriously injured.
We regret to confirm that flight V73511 from Bergamo to Asturias (BGY-OVD) was involved in an incident at Milan Bergamo airport at 10:35. One person, who was not on board the aircraft and not affiliated with the company, was seriously injured. All 154 passengers and 6 crew members are safe. A new flight is scheduled for 15:55, – Volotea reported.
At the same time, the identity of the man has not yet been established. The incident is being investigated by the Italian civil aviation authorities and law enforcement agencies. Its goal is to check the security systems and find out how the man managed to get onto the runway.
The publication noted that such cases are extremely rare. In 2023, an airport worker was sucked into the engine of a Delta plane in San Antonio, USA. In 2024, another person died when he climbed into a running plane engine at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.
