Witnesses have described hearing a 'hellish noise' after a person was sucked into a plane engine at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
Witnesses have described hearing a 'hellish noise' after a person was sucked into a plane engine at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Investigators said they are unable to determine the sex of the victim and if the horror death was an accident or suicide after the body was shredded by the turbines.Emergency services rushed to the plane at around 3pm on Wednesday when the aircraft was about to take off.
Speaking in a press conference, Dutch police said they were still determining whether the death was an accident or suicide and if the victim was male or female.Dutch flags are now flying at half-mast at Schiphol Airport.An airport employee told De Telegraaf that the incident happened during a "pushback" - a procedure when a vehicle pushes the plane backwards out of its parking position before it takes off.
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