Posted on 07/08/2025 9:18:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A man died after he was sucked into a jet engine at one of Italy’s busiest airports on Tuesday — in what authorities believe could have been a suicide, according to local reports.
The man, who was neither a passenger nor an airport employee, evaded security checks and was spotted sprinting towards taxiing aircraft when he was killed, according to Italy’s national news agency ANSA.
He is believed to have snuck onto the runway intending to take his own life, according to the outlet.
The aircraft involved was an Airbus A319, operated by budget airline Volotea, which was due to depart from Bergamo to Asturias in northern Spain.
The aircraft had just completed boarding and was heading away from the terminal to the runway.
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Better video here
https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1230542979124822022?t=wQQWhULtJ6eQvOUz9naA-w&s=19
LOL! Ok, that’s not funny! 😡
No matter what your troubles, you shouldn’t go to pieces over it
I hope the engine wasn’t badly damaged.
Interesting...back in the day, I was sucked under a pier by a wave, in the San Diego area.
That man must have been truly mentally ill to commit suicide by jumping into a jet engine.
Ditto for anyone who willingly jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge.
And yet, not a single Afghani, among hundreds, was sucked into an engine (I will note that no fan compressor blades are visible) during the US withdrawal from Kabul:
https://m.wsj.net/video/20210816/081621kabulairportv2/081621kabulairportv2_1920x1080.jpg
Hmmm....use your logic. Perhaps the Ghost Army had a hand:
https://www.history.com/articles/ghost-army-world-war-ii
Just sayin’
[People are using this death as FODder for puns!]
I am in awe, Sir!
Not to mention the cost of repairing or replacing that engine.
I was sucked under a pier by a wave
Several images come to mind.
He blade to death.
People are using this death as FODder for puns! There’s really no good way to spin it.
Those jokes SUCKED but keep GRINDING them out!
The ground crew is going to have a hard time processing this one.
There was a UAL 747 that lost the fwd cargo door. Some passengers were sucked out and at least one went through the engine. They buried the engine.
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