ANSA news agency reported the victim was sucked into the engine of a departing plane. while being chased by airport police.

ROME (AP) — 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 airport engine.

An airport in Italy has been temporarily closed after a man was sucked into a jet engine. A man died on a runway during take-off preparations at Bergamo airport. Bystanders say he ran towards the departing plane before he was sucked into the engine.