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
      3·
      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.

      • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        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.”

        • PorradaVFR@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          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.

    • Wahots@pawb.socialEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

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

  • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    According to someone I know who works there it was someone who was in training as a push-back chauffeur (those trucks that push the planes away from the terminal)

    It’s said he wanted to pick something off the ground close to the engine.

  • MonsterMonster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    When it was reported on the radio news yesterday they said “jumped into the engine”. I cannot find anything else to confirm if that’s true. Either way it’s horrific.

  • Wahots@pawb.socialEnglish
    1·
    5 months ago

    That’s a pretty bad way to go. :(

    At least they were probably killed instantly and hopefully didn’t even feel it.

    • Ashyr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Having sustained some moderate injuries throughout my life, I’m confident they didn’t even know what happened, it was just lights out.

      Even with serious injuries it can take surprisingly long for the pain to really ramp up. Something that fast, they probably didn’t even have time to be scared much less experience physical discomfort.

    • Aganim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      They took ‘woensdag gehaktdag’ (Wednesday Minced Meat day) a bit too literal. ☹️

    • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      The plane was an Embraer ERJ-190, a twin-engine jet, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks air travel. The jet carries up to 100 people, and is known as the “Cityhopper,” because it is used for short flights within Europe, according to the airline.

      C’hopper info via NYT (paywall)

    • Hildegarde@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      The aircraft involved is a short-haul Embraer jet used by KLM’s Cityhopper service

      If its a boeing they will put it in the headline for more clicks