Horrified passengers and crew on the plane where someone died in a plane engine had watched in horror as they jumped inside — then heard a “hellish noise” and saw smoke, according to a report.
More than 80 passengers were onboard the KLM jet as it started pulling away from the gate in Amsterdam’s main airport on Wednesday — at least some of who saw the horror unfolding, according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
The crew had just completed giving safety instructions when someone was seen suddenly jumping into the engine area, an employee said, according to a translation of the local report by the Independent.
Some onboard “saw the incident happen before their eyes,” — hearing “a hellish noise” and seeing smoke from where the passenger died, the anonymous employee said.
Passengers and crew reported hearing a “hellish noise” and seeing smoke after a person was sucked into a plane’s engine Wednesday. Alexandre Rotenberg – stock.adobe.comSome were so traumatized they were offered support from a chaplain, the paper said.
As of Thursday, the dead person has yet to be identified, including whether he or she was a passenger or an employee.
Airport officials also did not confirm if it is being treated as a suicide or freak accident, saying only that “there was a horrible incident where a person ended up in an airplane engine.
“Our thoughts go out to the relatives and we care for the passengers and colleagues who witnessed this,” the airport said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear whether the person was an airplane crew member or a passenger. Cerib – stock.adobe.comKLM Royal Dutch Airlines also only called it “a fatal incident” in “which a person ended up in a running aircraft engine.”
Authorities are still investigating.
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.
