Italian airport temporarily closed after man dies on runway

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· Posted: Jul 08, 2025 5:02 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Italy's Milan Bergamo Airport, which offers low-cost hose connections to and from Milan, was temporarily closed connected Tuesday aft a antheral died connected a runway during takeoff preparations for a flight.

Flight operations were suspended from 10:20 a.m. until midday section clip "due to a occupation that occurred connected the taxiway," the airdrome said successful a statement, adding that authorities were investigating.

A spokesperson confirmed that a antheral had died, adding that helium was neither a rider nor a subordinate of airdrome staff.

According to the ANSA quality agency, the antheral was sucked into the motor of a departing plane. He ran toward the moving aircraft, chased by airdrome constabulary who were incapable to halt him, it added.

The Bergamo constabulary had nary contiguous comment.

Spanish low-cost bearer Volotea said successful a connection that pursuing an incidental with an motor of its 10:35 americium formation to Asturias, "one idiosyncratic who was not connected committee ... and has nary transportation with the institution suffered superior injuries."

The 154 passengers connected the level were rescheduled connected an day formation and offered intelligence support, arsenic were unit members who whitethorn person been traumatized by the events, Volotea said.