Aircraft operated by KLM was preparing to depart when incident occurred at busy Amsterdam hub

Aircraft operated by KLM was preparing to depart when incident occurred at busy Amsterdam hub

A person has died after falling into the spinning turbine blades of a departing passenger jet at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.

The death occurred on the apron outside the busy hub’s terminal as a KLM flight was preparing to depart for Billund in Denmark.

“A fatal incident took place at Schiphol today during which a person ended up in a running aircraft engine,” the Dutch flag carrier, KLM, said in a statement. “Sadly the person has died.” The victim has not yet been named.

    • similideano@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      271·
      5 months ago

      Read somewhere else that the engine in that plane lies really close to the ground, and the guy (maintenance worker on his first day) got suckered in. Can’t say if any of this is true but that’s what I read.

        • PorradaVFR@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          5 months ago

          Yes of course, but I expect the death was nigh instantaneous for thr victim so hopefully not so much as an “oh shit” moment.

      • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        5 months ago

        He will be immortalized as a cautionary tale.

        Lead tech: “Welcome to your first day on the job.” points to a picture of a bloody turbine and a newspaper clipping “Do not be this guy.”

    • Wahots@pawb.socialEnglish
      151·
      5 months ago

      The engines can suck you in from a suprisingly far distance, IIRC. They are every dangerous when active.