Milan Bergamo Airport in Orio al Serio, Italy [Credit: Wikipedia/Arne Müseler]
Key Takeaways:
Milan Bergamo Airport temporarily suspended flights after a 35-year-old man was killed when he trespassed onto the runway and was sucked into a taxiing aircraft engine.
The incident involved a Volotea Airbus A319, but all 154 passengers and six crew members on board were unharmed.
Authorities are investigating the exact dynamics of the event, and flight operations at the airport resumed after approximately two hours.
Milan Bergamo Airport (LIME) in Italy temporarily suspended flights Tuesday amid reporting that an individual had been sucked into an aircraft engine and killed.
A social media post by the airport stated that flight operations were suspended from 10:20 a.m. to 12 p.m. local time “due to a problem that occurred on the taxiway.”
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