Passengers on board a plane at Milan Bergamo Airport have described the horrifying scenes after a man took his own life by jumping into the jet's engine.
They recalled hearing a dreadful noise before being warned, 'Don't look out the windows' as the nightmare unfolded on Tuesday morning.
Andrea Russo, 35, from Calcinate near Bergamo, who was not a passenger or staff member at the airport, entered the terminal in his red Fiat 500 car before abandoning the vehicle and running into the building.
He arrived at the airport without a ticket and made his way to a restricted area leading to the runway before two Border Police on duty attempted to stop him.
He managed to free himself from the officers before running on to the tarmac and 'throwing himself into one of the two turbofans' on the Volotea Airbus A319 flight V73511 from Milan to Asturias.
One Spanish passenger on board at the time of the incident told La Nueva España: 'Suddenly, we heard a noise and a bang.
'Some people saw something through the window and put their hands to their heads. They told us it was best not to look out, because what was happening was very unpleasant.'
The woman, from Llanera in Asturias, described how the plane had just repositioned on a reserve runway and was taxiing slowly toward the take-off strip.
'We don't know exactly what happened,' she said.
Moments later, the pilot addressed the passengers in a 'shaken' voice, informing them that there had been a 'very serious problem involving a person.'
Police sources said the man had a history of 'drug problems'.
A witness to the horrific incident told Italian news outlet la Republica that he saw the man running away from a steward and towards the aircraft.
'I wasn't on that plane, I was boarding another plane next to it and we saw everything', he said.
'He ran towards the right side. The he ran and [was] sucked by the left side motor.'
Following the incident, airliner Voltea took to X, stating: 'We regret to confirm flight V73511 from BGY-OVD was involved in an incident at Milan-Bergamo Airport at 10:35h.
'One person not onboard and not affiliated with the company was seriously injured.
'All 154 passengers and 6 crew are safe. A new flight is scheduled for 15:55'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14888423/Dont-look-windows-Passengers-reveal-horror-inside-plane-man-killed-jumping-jet-engine.html
I couldn't think of a worse way to die except for feet first in a Morbark wood chipper with the operator standing there with a smile on...
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't know if I would have the cojones to jump into a jet engine, that takes some kind of determination. "Feet first" would suck ... might die of a heart attack first. My biggest death fear method would to be pinned somewhere where I couldn't escape and die by fire.
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