An airport mechanic tragically passed away after being sucked into the engine of a Boeing commercial airplane.
The horrific incident occurred at Chabahar Konarak airport in southern Iran.
Aviation technician Abolfazl Amiri was reportedly doing routine maintenance work when the engine on the right wing was turned on for a test check with the cover flaps open.
Amiri walked towards the turbine, realizing he had forgotten a tool, and got sucked into the engine.
Horror as mechanic is sucked into a Boeing passenger jet's engine and killed after he went to retrieve a tool near aircraft at international airport https://t.co/itI7656OAl pic.twitter.com/N7MK9n75GT
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Newsđ¨: Engineer Abolfazl Amiri died at Chabahar Konarak Airport, Iran, during maintenance on a Varash Airlines Boeing 737-5Q8. The running starboard engine ingested him when he entered the safety zone to retrieve tools. #aviationdaily #aviation pic.twitter.com/7xoGfG36GL
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TMZ reports:
After Amiri was sucked in, the engine caught fire. Needless to say, he died instantly.
The plane was a Boeing 737-500 and it was part of Iranian domestic airline Varesh Airline’s fleet.
Iran’s aviation authority is now investigating the deadly incident.
Mechanic killed after being sucked into Boeing planeâs engine https://t.co/RKtngz0Z2j pic.twitter.com/yuKT794FVU
— New York Post (@nypost) July 9, 2024
From news.com.au:
It comes after another person was killed by a running plane engine at Amsterdamâs Schiphol airport in May.
Passengers onboard a KLM plane heard the horrific death as they prepared for takeoff for Denmark.
In June last year, an airport worker was killed after he was sucked into a planeâs engine at San Antonio International Airport in Texas.
The death of David Renner, 27, was later ruled a suicide.
Airline worker Courtney Edwards, 34, was also tragically killed after being pulled into a jet engine in December 2022.
The gruesome incident âshook the entire planeâ at Montgomery Regional Airport, Alabama, on New Yearâs Eve.
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