Man sucked into jet engine while working on Boeing plane in Iran | World News [Video]

A mechanic was sucked into the running engine of a Boeing jet and killed after forgetting a tool and going back for it.

Abolfazl Amiri was doing routine maintenance work on the 737-500 plane after passengers and crew had disembarked their flight from Tehran.

A safety area had been set up around the engine as required, but Amiri reportedly went back towards it to retrieve the tool on July 3.

The cover flaps had mistakenly not been closed, meaning he could be pulled into the running CFM56 engine which then caught fire, Bild newspaper said.

Firefighters were quickly on scene at Chabahar Konarak international airport in southern Iran and put out the blaze with water, but only the remains of Mr Amiri could be recovered.

The 26-year-old plane operated by domestic carrier Varesh Airlines was grounded for repairs, and an investigation into the accident was ordered by Iran’s aviation authority. 

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