Aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Schipol airport near Amsterdam on April 15, 2015. Safety and security measures are strict at Schiphol and accidents are rare at the busy airport, which handled around 5.5 million passengers last month alone, according to airport figures. — Reuters
AMSTERDAM: A person died on May 29 after falling into the spinning turbine blades of a departing passenger jet at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, officials said.
The death occurred on the apron outside the busy hub's terminal as a KLM flight was ready to depart for Billund in Denmark.
