Volotea A319 at Milan on Jul 8th 2025, man sucked into engine

Last Update: July 8, 2025 / 15:13:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 8, 2025

Classification
Accident

Flight number
V7-3511

Destination
Asturias, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-MTF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Volotea Airbus A319-100, registration EC-MTF performing flight V7-3511 from Milan Bergamo (Italy) to Asturias,SP (Spain), 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.

Italian media report that the man was neither passenger nor ground worker, but may have gotten airside access through a security door at the baggage claim area and was chased by police when he ran in front of the engine, however, police was not able to catch him in time.

The airport was closed for about 2 hours as a result of the accident reporting the airport was closed because of a problem on the taxiway.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 8, 2025

Classification
Accident

Flight number
V7-3511

Destination
Asturias, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-MTF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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