Worker Seriously Injured After Fall From Jet2 Plane At Manchester Airport

A afloat investigation has been launched aft a worker was earnestly injured successful a autumn from nan backmost of a Jet2 level astatine Manchester Airport astatine astir 8:00am connected nan greeting of Saturday, April 11. Paramedics sped to nan segment and arrived astatine astir 8:22am pursuing nan incident.

Worker suffers horrifying autumn and aggregate injuries

The autumn occurred adjacent nan backmost of nan Jet2 level aft nan mobile stairs had been detached. The unnamed man, who was moving arsenic an craft technologist and is thought to beryllium successful his 60s, suffered aggregate superior injuries, including limb and limb fractures pursuing his fall. Reportedly, nan injured worker remains successful hospital. Emergency responders included nan North West Ambulance Service (as confirmed by Manchester Airport) and occurrence work consequence vehicles, which surrounded nan Jet2 plane.

According to section news agencies, aesculapian screens were placed astir nan injured worker during nan emergency response. He is understood to person been moving arsenic a contractor for Jet2 astatine nan clip of nan incident. The level was owed to group disconnected for Tenerife.

A Jet2 spokesperson released a connection connected nan time of nan incident. “We are alert of an incident that took spot astatine Manchester Airport this greeting involving an individual from a third-party provider. We are incapable to corroborate further specifications astatine present, however, tin corroborate that a afloat investigation has been launched. We are doing our champion to supply support to everyone who needs it.”

The man’s injuries are thought to beryllium serious, but not life-threatening. No different unit were injured during nan incident.

Jet2 level leaves much than 30 passengers stranded earlier this year

Earlier this year, another awesome incident involving Jet2 took place, besides astatine nan Manchester Airport. An investigation was launched aft much than 30 passengers missed their formation to Alicante erstwhile nan level near without them.

The group had passed done information and boarding checks earlier being instructed to hold successful a stairwell adjacent nan gate. The passengers were waiting for immoderate 40 minutes earlier realising nan level had taken disconnected without them.