Milano-Bergamo: Man sögs in flygplansmotor - dog (2025-07-08)

En person har dött efter att ha sugits in i motorn på ett flygplan på den italienska flygplatsen Bergamo, skriver Corriere della Sera.

Personen ska ha brutit sig in på landningsbanan och rusat mot planet, och sögs då in i motorn. Det är oklart om personen var anställd på flygplatsen.

Andrea Russo, a 35-year-old Italian builder, has been identified as the man killed in the runway incident at Milan Bergamo Airport in northern Italy about 10.20am on Tuesday local time.

Russo was not a passenger and had no affiliation with Volotea, the budget airline operating the flight, the company confirmed on social media.
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Local media reported Russo was being chased by police as he sprinted across the tarmac and into the path of the moving plane, but they were unable to stop him in time.

A witness told local media: “At first he threw himself against the casings — the protections of the right engine of the plane.

“Then he went around and either threw himself or was sucked into the propeller of the left engine.

“We were trying to go up the stairs and we saw everything.”

Police are still working to determine Russo’s motive.

Public Prosecutor Maurizio Romanelli said police were investigating if Russo had any links to the airport or planes that may explain the incident.

“In the car with which he arrived at the airport, full of all kinds of material, we have not found anything that could provide any kind of explanation,” Romanelli said.
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Authorities have launched an investigation into how Russo was able to access the runway from outside the airport.