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Man sucked into jet engine at busy Italian airport in suspected suicide: reports
ny post ^ | 07/08/2025 | Patrick Reilly

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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To: Red Badger

Better video here

https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1230542979124822022?t=wQQWhULtJ6eQvOUz9naA-w&s=19


21 posted on 07/08/2025 9:45:58 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: DainBramage

LOL! Ok, that’s not funny! 😡


22 posted on 07/08/2025 9:47:16 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: DainBramage

No matter what your troubles, you shouldn’t go to pieces over it


23 posted on 07/08/2025 9:48:55 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: BenLurkin

I hope the engine wasn’t badly damaged.


24 posted on 07/08/2025 9:58:34 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: BenLurkin

Interesting...back in the day, I was sucked under a pier by a wave, in the San Diego area.


25 posted on 07/08/2025 10:01:58 AM PDT by stylin19a ("Death Smiles At Everyone - Marines Smile Back" - 250 years of smiling - 11/10/2025)
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To: BenLurkin

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.


26 posted on 07/08/2025 10:14:26 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: BenLurkin
Well that had to suck!

😂


27 posted on 07/08/2025 10:14:50 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: BenLurkin

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://www.wsj.com/video/watch-people-cling-to-us-air-force-plane-leaving-kabul/E79F1019-C709-4182-A26D-D8F28529C258

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’


28 posted on 07/08/2025 10:20:02 AM PDT by XEHRpa
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To: stylin19a

29 posted on 07/08/2025 10:24:28 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Ezekiel

[People are using this death as FODder for puns!]

I am in awe, Sir!


30 posted on 07/08/2025 10:33:55 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Damn inconsiderate.

Not to mention the cost of repairing or replacing that engine.

31 posted on 07/08/2025 10:59:16 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: stylin19a

I was sucked under a pier by a wave

Several images come to mind.


32 posted on 07/08/2025 11:31:31 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: Ezekiel

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!


33 posted on 07/08/2025 1:16:41 PM PDT by Zack Attack (✔)
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To: Zack Attack

The ground crew is going to have a hard time processing this one.


34 posted on 07/08/2025 1:41:38 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: BenLurkin

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.


35 posted on 07/08/2025 4:31:41 PM PDT by ebshumidors ( )
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