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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.

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month 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.

[-] brbposting 6 points 1 month ago

The plane was an Embraer ERJ-190, a twin-engine jet, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks air travel. The jet carries up to 100 people, and is known as the “Cityhopper,” because it is used for short flights within Europe, according to the airline.

C’hopper info via NYT (paywall)

this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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