Man dies after being sucked into jet engine

VOLOTEA AIRBUS A319-111 EC-NDH (MSN 3403)

A fatal incident has occurred at Milan Bergamo Airport on the 8th of July 2025, when a man was killed after being ingested by the engine of a Volotea aircraft that was preparing for departure.

The accident involved a Volotea flight V7-3511 from Milan Bergamo (BGY/LIME) to Asturias, Spain (OVD/LEAS). According to witnesses, the aircraft "had been pushed back, engines were started, and the aircraft had just begun taxiing, when a man ran in front of the aircraft, was ingested by the left-hand engine CFM56 and was killed.

At about 10:35 a.m. a man, identified as 35-year-old Andrea Russo, ran onto the tarmac toward a Volotea Airlines jet. The flight was about to take off and began its taxi for Spain before Russo was dragged and sucked into the plane’s engine, according to a airport spokesperson.

Russo was not an employee or a passenger, the airport said. He was from a small town about 10 miles from the airport, according to a reporter. Russo allegedly drove frantically to the airport in the wrong direction before abandoning his car and running into the airport. He then burst through a security door, and with security chasing him, he ran onto the runway before he was killed.

Aircraft Information:

Airline: Volotea 

Code: V7/VOE

Aircraft: Airbus A319-111

Registration: EC-MTF

Serial number: 2382

Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-5B5/3
First flew: 20/01/2005
Age: 20.5 Years

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