The incident shocked both airport staff and passengers, grounding flights and prompting an urgent investigation by Italian authorities.

According to local reports from Bergamo News, the man— who has not been publicly named — arrived at the airport in a vehicle before somehow breaching security and making his way into a restricted area on the tarmac.

Just before 10:35 a.m. local time, as a Volotea Airbus A319 prepared for takeoff to Oviedo, Spain, the man was pulled into one of the aircraft’s turbofan engines during a “pushback” maneuver. The airport’s managing company, Sacbo, confirmed in a statement that the ”incident occurred on the taxiway” and that it