Person killed after falling into jet engine at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport
Al Jazeera
The death occurred on the apron outside the hub’s terminal as the KLM flight was getting ready to depart to Denmark.
A person has died after falling into the spinning turbine blades of a departing passenger jet at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, officials said.
The death occurred as KLM flight KL1341 was on the airport’s apron getting ready to depart to Billund in Denmark.
“An … incident took place at Schiphol today during which a person ended up in a running aircraft engine,” carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said in a statement on Wednesday.
“Sadly the person has died,” KLM said, without disclosing the victim’s identity. “The circumstances are currently under investigation,” the statement added.
Dutch border police, who are responsible for security at the Netherlands’ largest airport, said passengers were removed from the plane and an investigation was opened.
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