Person dies after falling into airplane engine at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
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A person has died after falling into an airplane jet engine at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Wednesday.
A person has died after falling into an airplane jet engine at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Wednesday. “An incident occurred this afternoon on the platform of Schiphol [Airport] where a person fell into a running aircraft engine and died,” the Netherlands Royal Military police said in a post on the social media platform X on Wednesday. The police added that they are investigating the circumstances of the incident. It is not clear whether the person was a passenger or an employee. Passengers were on board the aircraft bound for Billund, in central Denmark, when the fatal incident occurred, a statement from air carrier KLM said. The passengers and employees disembarked the plane and were given care, according to the military police.
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