'A person ended up in a running aircraft engine,' Dutch flagship carrier KLM said in a statement.
A person died Wednesday after falling into the spinning turbine blades of a departing passenger jet at Amsterdam 's Schiphol airport, officials said.The death occurred on the apron outside the busy hub's terminal as a KLM flight was ready to depart for Billund in Denmark.'An... incident took place at Schiphol today during which a person ended up in a running aircraft engine,' Dutch flagship carrier KLM said in a statement.
The plane involved is a short-haul Embraer jet, used by KLM's Cityhopper service, which operates flights to other nearby destinations like London, Dutch news reports said.A picture posted on the NOS public broadcaster showed the plane surrounded by fire trucks and ambulances next to the departure terminals.Safety and security measures are strict at Schiphol and accidents are rare at the busy airport, which handled around 5.5 million passengers last month alone, according to airport figures.
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