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

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15967421

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.

  • @Hux@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11•1 month ago

    The person “fell” into a spinning turbine engine?

    I’m having difficulty picturing how a person “falls” into an aircraft’s turbine…

    • HildegardeEnglish
      13•1 month ago

      Fell is a strange word to use. Sucked or injested would probably be better. Even at idle jet engines are powerful and they will suck up things that are close.

      The areas front and back of running engines needs to be kept clear for this exact reason.