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Shock moment airport ground handler, 21, is mown down by 77-ton Airbus A320 leaving him fighting for life & losing leg
The airport worker was run over by the aircraft's front landing gear
THIS is the shocking moment an airport ground handler was mown down by a 77-ton aircraft.
The worker is now fighting for his life in intensive care after having one leg amputated and fracturing the other.
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The pilot failed to wait for him to move away from under the plane when he began taxiing at Koltsovo airport in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on May 19.
The airport worker, a 21-year-old called Rail, was run over by the Airbus A320's front landing gear.
He is yet to regain consciousness, according to reports.
The unnamed captain was removed from the flight and a new crew took the plane to Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek after a three-and-a-half hour delay.
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He has been interrogated and is accused of “negligence”.
A Ural Airlines spokesman said: “While taxiing from the aircraft parking lot, the technician suffered a leg injury.
“An ambulance was called to the scene, and the circumstances are being clarified.”
However, the Russian Investigation Committee filed a criminal case into “violation of safety rules that resulted in serious harm to health through negligence”.
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A hospital spokesman told E1 news outlet: “The patient is in intensive care, his condition is serious.”
A commission examining the case has demanded Russian airlines re-examine communication between pilots and technicians ahead of taxiing.
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The captain “did not give a command to turn off the intercom to the ground handling technician”, yet started taxiing, it was reported.
The maximum weight of an A320 on takeoff is approximately 77 metric tons.
It comes just days after an airline worker plunged from a plane and crashed onto the runway at Jakarta Aiport in Indonesia.
Dramatic footage shows the moment the unsuspecting crew member had no idea the stepladder had been moved away from the plane as he stepped off the jet.
Elsewhere, a British granddad died of a heart attack after a Singapore Airlines Boeing plunged 7,000ft in just six minutes.
Nearly 11 hours into the 13-hour flight from London to Singapore, the packed jet was hit by sudden "severe turbulence" while passengers were eating breakfast, officials said.
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Passengers were flung from their seats into the ceiling of the plane, leaving dents and blood stains on overhead lockers.
Dozens of people, including crew, suffered injuries including broken bones, with 30 people still in hospital as of yesterday, according to Singapore Airlines.
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