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Italy's Bergamo airport temporarily closed after runway death

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Posted on July 8, 2025

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ROME (Reuters) -Italy's Bergamo airport, which offers low-cost airline connections to and from nearby Milan, was temporarily closed on Tuesday after a man died on a runway during take off preparations for a flight.

Flight operations were suspended from 1020 to 12 local time (0820-1000 GMT) "due to a problem that occurred on the taxiway", the airport said in a statement, adding that the incident was being investigated by authorities.

A spokesperson confirmed that a man had died, adding that he was neither a passenger nor a member of airport staff.

According to the ANSA news agency, the man was sucked to death by the engine of a departing Volotea flight. The Italian press office for the Spanish low cost carrier was not immediately available for comment.

The Bergamo police had no immediate comment either.

(Reporting by Alvise Armellini and Elvira Pollina, editing by Cristina Carlevaro)

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