Boeing flight horror as mechanic sucked into jet engine and killed as he tried to retrieve tool
The aftermath of the accident
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A mechanic has been killed after getting sucked into a jet engine while carrying out maintenance.
Abolfazl Amiri was working at Chabahar Konarak airport in southern Iran after he went to retrieve a tool near the aircraft.
The mechanic was working on Iranian domestic airline Varesh Airline's Boeing 737-500 when he was sucked into the engine.
The engine on the right-hand side had been started for a test run with the cover flaps open, reports Bild. A safety area had been set up around the engine as is usually required.
The aftermath of the accident
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However, 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. An investigation has been launched by Iran's aviation authority.
It comes after a person was killed at Amsterdam's main airport when they were pulled into the jet turbines. Passengers and crew on board the KLM plane were witness to the grisly incident on the tarmac at Schiphol airport.
Witnesses claim to have heard a "hellish noise" when the person was sucked into the engine. Speaking at a press conference, Dutch authorities said that it was too early to say whether this was an "incident", or a form of suicide.
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The incident took place at Schipol airport
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Airline KLM said in a statement at the time: "Today there was a horrible incident at Schiphol in which a person ended up in a running aircraft engine. Sadly the person has died.
"We receive passengers and employees who have seen this at Schiphol. The circumstances are currently being investigated. For further information - as soon as available - we refer to the Royal Military Police."
It comes after a mid-air blowout of a door plug on a 737 MAX 9 jet on Alaska Airlines caused Boeing to come under further scrutiny from regulators.
Earlier this month, the US Justice Department said Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge linked to two 737 MAX fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, raising questions about the planemaker's ability to secure Government contracts.
A United Airlines jet lost a landing-gear wheel yesterday when it took off from Los Angeles but landed safely in Denver, its planned destination, with no injuries, the airline said.
The wheel from United Flight 1001, a Boeing 757-200, was recovered in Los Angeles. "We are investigating what caused this event," United said.
The aircraft involved in Monday's incident was a nearly 30-year-old 757, according to FlightRadar24 data. Boeing ended production of the 757 in 2004.