Bergamo Airport Flights Halted After Runway Tragedy

Rome, Jul 8 (AP) The airport in Bergamo, located in northern Italy, halted flights on Tuesday due to a runway incident reportedly involving a person who entered the tarmac and was pulled into an aircraft engine.

The Bergamo Milan airport authority, referred to as SACBO, announced the suspension of all flights at Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport starting from 10:20 am local time due to a "problem that occurred on the taxiway." An investigation is currently in progress.

The newspaper Corriere della Sera, citing unnamed airport officials, reported that an individual apparently ran onto the tarmac as a plane was about to take off and was sucked into the engine.

Efforts to reach the airport authority's headquarters for comment were not immediately successful. (AP)

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