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
- The mechanic was doing routine maintenance work on a Boeing 737-500
A mechanic has been sucked into a Boeing passenger jet's engine and killed at Chabahar Konarak airport in southern Iran after he went to retrieve a tool near the aircraft.
Local mechanic Abolfazl Amiri was doing routine maintenance work on Iranian domestic airline Varesh Airline's Boeing 737-500 when he was sucked into the engine.
According to Bild, the engine on the right-hand side had been started for a test run with the cover flaps open. A safety area had been set up around the engine as is usually recquired.
But when Amiri realised he had forgotten a tool on the engine, he went back and was sucked in and killed before the engine caught fire.
Amiri's remains were recovered after the airport fire brigade arrived at the scene.
VareshAirlines Boeing 737-500 (EP-VAF) was parked at Chabahar Airport, Iran, when maintenance was carried out on the right-hand engine. While the engine was running, a ground engineer who entered the safety zone was sucked into the turbine and died instantly
Local mechanic Abolfazl Amiri was doing routine maintenance work on Iranian domestic airline Varesh Airline's Boeing 737-500 when he was sucked into the engine
The fatal incident occurred in Chabahar Konarak airport in southern Iran
Iran's aviation authority has ordered an investigation into the accident.
Back in May, a man was killed after being sucked into a KLM passenger plane engine at Amsterdam's Schipol Airport.
Passengers and crew members on board the Embraer 190 aircraft - which KLM uses for their Cityhopper service to nearby destinations - told local outlet that a 'hellish noise' came from the engine, which quickly began trailing smoke.
The Dutch Royal Military Police investigating the incident later said that the man 'intentionally climbed into the engine, indicating this is a case of suicide'.
They additionally said that he had been 'identified as an employee of a company operating at the airport'.
Emergency crews carried out a 'massive' response after the horror tragedy was reported around 3pm, with a picture posted by public broadcaster NOS showing the plane surrounded by fire trucks and ambulances.
In May, a person was sucked into the engine of a KLM aircraft at Amsterdam's Schipol airport
File photo. A KLM Boeing 747 takes off from the runway at Schiphol, Amsterdam. Passengers and crew members were reported to be on board the Embraer 190 aircraft when the incident occurred
Flight 1341 was set to depart from Schiphol in the Netherlands for Billund in Denmark at 2.25pm on Wednesday.
It was unclear from initial reports whether the victim was travelling with the airline or worked at the airport.
In 2022, an Alabama airport baggage handler was killed after being sucked into American Airlines plane engine while it was parked ahead of its scheduled flight to Dallas.
The airport worker who died after being so violently sucked into the engine of a recently landed plane it shook the entire aircraft was a mother-of-three and had been repeatedly warned to stay back.
The tragedy occurred on New Year's Eve at Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama. The victim was later identified as 34-year-old Courtney Edwards, who worked as a ground agent for Piedmont Airlines.
The initial report from the National Transport Safety Board stated that Edwards was killed after getting too close to the engine of an American Eagle-operated Embraer E175 jet.
The report noted that Edwards failed to heed multiple warnings to stay back from the engines while the plane was shutting down.
