Air India technician sucked into aircraft engine in Mumbai, dies

Ravi Subramanian, an Air India technician, lost his life on thee evening of 16 December after he was sucked into the running engine of a parked aircraft at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji domestic airport.

The incident took place after AI 619's co-pilot misread a signal and started the engine. According to a statement given by an Air India official to Hindustan Times, the victim's body is still stuck inside the engine and efforts are on to take it out.

Reportedly, a probe has been ordered into the incident. Independent investigations have been launched by the police, airlines and other authorities.

In the 1990s, a bird scarer was also killed in a similar incident in Chennai when he was near the plane while it was preparing to take off.