A person was sucked into the engine of a plane about to take off.

Royal Dutch Airlines KLM issued a statement saying the incident happened on May 29 (local time) involving flight KL1341 scheduled to depart for Billund (Denmark).

Passengers and crew were on board the KLM Embraer E190 when someone fell into the rotating turbine blades. Witnesses described hearing a "terrible noise" as the person was sucked into the jet turbine.

The accident happened on a KLM plane (Illustration: Ladbible).

"It all happened so fast. We were getting ready to take off and suddenly everything stopped and we saw ambulances rushing towards the plane," the witness said.

The victim's identity has not been released and it is unclear whether he was an airport employee or a passenger. Witnesses to the incident have been evacuated.

Schiphol Airport officials confirmed the death in a statement on X (formerly Twitter), expressing condolences to the victim's family and pledging support to those who witnessed the tragedy.

The incident involved an ERJ-190 jet manufactured by Embraer (Brazil) and operating KLM's Cityhopper service, including short-haul flights such as to London (UK), according to AFP.

Writing on social media, Schiphol airport management said, "there was a terrible incident where a person fell into an airplane engine", and expressed sympathy with the victim's relatives.

Safety and security measures are very strict at Schiphol Airport and accidents are very rare at the busy airport, which handled about 5.5 million passengers last month alone, according to The New York Times .

The incident shocked public opinion, causing Dutch Infrastructure Minister Mark Harbers to express his condolences: "I would like to send my deepest condolences to the victims' relatives and those who witnessed the accident."

The Royal Military Police and the Dutch Safety Board have opened an investigation into the incident.

KHANH LINH (T/h)

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