Orio tragedy: airport safety investigation
The public prosecutor's office investigates the fatal accident at Orio al Serio, involving Enac to check for flaws in airport security.
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A double investigation will have to shed light on what happened yesterday morning on the runway of Orio al Serio airport, where a 35-year-old man, Andrea Russo, managed to get to the runway where he was sucked to his death by one of the engines of the Volotea Airbus that was taxiing to take off for Asturias.
On the one hand, the Bergamo Public Prosecutor's Office has opened a file with the hypothesis of incitement to suicide, because this is the prevailing hypothesis, also on the basis of the testimonies collected and a video in which Russo is seen, in vainly pursued by an exhausted policeman (while others watch the scene from afar), first crashing into the fuselage and then, having gone around the plane, literally throwing himself into the engine, complete with a small run-up.
The Prosecutor's Office file is needed to carry out all the necessary investigations, including the search of Russo's home and his car, a red Cinquecento left in front of the airport, where he had entered a short time before on the wrong side of the road and which had already been searched yesterday by the forensic police.
On the other hand, Enac, the national civil aviation authority, has also decided to see things clearly and has asked Sacbo, the management company of the Bergamo airport, for a detailed report on what happened.
The aim is to shed light on security loopholes and to understand why a person from outside the airport - neither an employee nor a passenger - was able, in a matter of moments, to pass through the arrivals area, open an emergency door and find himself on the runway, just a few metres from an aircraft that was taking off.
