Italy airport suspends flights after person reportedly gets sucked into engine

All flights were suspended at the Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport from 10:20 a.m. to noon local time, Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

ROME -- The airport in the northern Italian city of Bergamo briefly suspended flights Tuesday due to a runway incident that local media said was apparently caused by someone running onto the tarmac and getting sucked into an airplane engine.

The Bergamo Milan airport authority said all flights were suspended at the Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport from 10:20 a.m. to noon local time “due to a problem that occurred on the taxiway.” An investigation was underway.

Corriere della Sera newspaper, citing unnamed airport officials, said someone ran onto the tarmac as a plane was taking off and got sucked into the engine. The plane, an Airbus A319 of the Volotea airline, was flying from Orio to Asturias, Spain.

There was no immediate response to calls placed to the authority’s headquarters.