A tragic airport accident claimed the life of an employee, who was fatally drawn into the running jet engine of a Boeing airliner. The incident occurred at Chabahar Konarak airport in southern Iran, where mechanic Abolfazl Amiri was engaged in routine maintenance on the tarmac.
TMZ reports that Amiri was performing a final inspection on a Boeing plane. The mechanic realized he had left a tool near one of the engines. As he went to retrieve it, he tragically got sucked into the turbine.
The engine was running for a test, and the cover flaps were open. Tragically, Amiri was sucked in, and the engine caught fire. He died instantly.
The plane, a Boeing 737-500, was part of the fleet of Iran’s domestic carrier, Varesh Airlines. The Iranian aviation authority is now investigating the horrific incident.
Footage from the aftermath of the airport employee getting sucked into a Boeing jet engine made its way to X (formerly Twitter).
The Internet Reacts to News of an Airport Employee Getting Sucked Into a Boeing Jet Engine
Of course, users on social media weighed in on the tragic news that an airport employee was dead after getting sucked into a Boeing jet engine.
“Horrible incident. How can he go across the plane when the Engine was on? It seems no safety precautions were taken,” one X denizen wrote. “Terrible. Very important to follow the safety procedures. #SafetyFirst,” another onlooker added.
In June last year, a tragic incident occurred at San Antonio International Airport in Texas. An airport worker lost his life after also being sucked into an airplane engine.
However, the circumstances in this instance were different. The death of 27-year-old David Renner was later determined to be a suicide.
Emergency crews arrived at a horrifying scene after responding to reports of a ground worker who had been “ingested” by the engine of a Delta plane that had just landed from Los Angeles.
The National Transportation Safety Board initially launched an investigation, but it was suspended following the medical examiner’s findings.
“The NTSB will not be opening an investigation into this event. There were no operational safety issues with either the airplane or the airport,” an agency spokesperson said per the New York Post.
Both Delta and Renner’s employer, Unifi Aviation, have expressed their condolences over his sudden passing.