An airport ground worker at Koltsovo Airport (SVX) in Yekaterinburg, Russia remains in a critical condition after being run over by an A320 aircraft operated by Ural Airlines.
The tragic incident occurred on May 19, 2024 when the A320, bound for Manas International Airport (FRU) in Bishkek, began taxiing prematurely.
Disturbing footage of the moment this happened was captured and uploaded to several social media platforms, including X (formerly Twitter).
The footage shows the airport worker, identified as Rail, aged 32, standing under the 77-ton A320. The plane can be seen taxiing while Rail is still underneath the aircraft.
“While taxiing from the aircraft parking lot, the technician suffered a leg injury,” a spokesperson for Ural Airlines told The Sun. “An ambulance was called to the scene, and the circumstances are being clarified.”
The aircraft’s pilot was removed from the flight, and after a three and a half hour delay, the plane left for Bishkek.
According to The Sun, the pilot, who is yet to be identified, has been interrogated and was found to be in violation of safety rules that resulted in serious harm to health through negligence.
Meanwhile, the airport worker in question required emergency amputation surgery, and is still reported to be unconscious.
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Although, not nearly as serious, in my youth, I came after a pilot with screwdriver in hand. With the hydraulic circuit breaker and several others pulled, I was working on the ramp in the “Hell Hole” of a business jet sitting on the hydraulic pump when the battery was switched on, and the pump recycled. Needless to say, the pilot thought he needed to power-up the aircraft without checking to see why the breakers were pulled.
Luckily, my supervisor stopped me from doing bodily harm. I’ll admit that safety standards were much lower 50-years ago, but common sense sometimes just seem to fall on fallow ground.
Best wishes to the techie who will be lucky to survive and knowing the area of operation, I’m sure he’ll get the short end of the string. Most probably, the airline will want to blame the techie for delaying the flight.