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.

  • Hildegarde@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    6 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

    • lars@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Even these little clicks on mobile devices halfway round the world tend to really wear hard on Boeing hardware.

      Or, if it had been a Boeing, then only the plane, but not the person, would have been injured in the accident.