Summary
- The Dutch Police has confirmed that the tragic death of an individual at AMS was deliberate.
- The incident happened on May 29, 2024, involving a KLM Cityhopper Embraer E190.
- The aircraft, registered as PH-EZL, has not operated a flight for the reason that incident on May 29.
The Royal Marechaussee (Koninklijke Marechaussee, KMar), the Royal Dutch Police, concluded that the death of an individual at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) was deliberate, with the service adding that the person was an worker of an organization operating on the airport.
Injected into the engine
In response to KMar, its investigation revealed that the person who worked for a corporation that provided services on the AMS died by suicide after being sucked into an aircraft engine. The police reiterated that the move was deliberate, adding that they might not make any additional statements out of respect for the person’s family and family members.
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The incident happened on May 29, 2024, when an individual was reported to have fallen into the running engine of a KLM Cityhopper Embraer E190 aircraft. The plane had just had accomplished its pushback and was preparing to depart AMS.
The aircraft, registered PH-EZL, had operated three flights on that day, with its fourth itinerary being scheduled between AMS and Billund Airport (BLL) on KLM flight KL1341. Flightradar24 data revealed that a substitute KLM Cityhopper Embraer E190, registered as PH-EZM, had operated the route following the incident at AMS.
Breaking: Person Killed After Falling Into Running KLM Embraer 190 Engine At Schiphol
It’s not clear whether the fatality was an airport worker or a member of the general public.
Taken out of service
The flight-tracking website’s data also showed that the E190 involved within the incident has not operated a single flight for the reason that incident. In response to ch-aviation data, the regional jet, powered by two General Electric CF34-10E, was delivered to the Dutch airline’s regional subsidiary on January 21, 2010.
Since then, the Embraer E190 has accrued greater than 21,980 flight hours (FH) and 18,873 flight cycles (FC) as of February 28, 2019, in response to data from Embraer.
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In total, KLM Cityhopper operates a fleet of 65 aircraft, all different variants of the Embraer E-jets or E2 aircraft family. The regional airline has 17 Embraer E175, 29 E190, and 18 E195-E2 aircraft, configured with 88, 100, and 132 seats, respectively.
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The carrier’s regional subsidiary, KLM Cityhopper, has been forced to make schedule changes in consequence of the continuing problems.
Similar incident within the US
In December 2022, an Envoy Air Embraer E175, registered as N264NN, was involved in an analogous incident. Then, after the aircraft had landed at Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM) on a commonly scheduled flight from Dallas Fort Value International Airport (DFW), a ground handling worker working for Piedmont Airlines was sucked in by an operational engine of the aircraft.
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In its preliminary report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the worker was The investigators identified that the primary engine, positioned on the left-hand side, had a rotating beacon light illuminated on the time of the incident.
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The tragic accident occurred on Latest Yr’s Eve.