Mechanic is sucked into a Boeing passenger jet's engine and killed

A mechanic has been sucked into a Boeing passenger jet's engine and killed at Chabahar Konarak airport in southern after he went to retrieve a tool near the aircraft.

Local mechanic Abolfazl Amiri was doing routine maintenance work on Iranian domestic airline Varesh Airline's Boeing 737-500 when he was sucked into the engine.

According to the engine on the right-hand side had been started for a test run with the cover flaps open. A safety area had been set up around the engine as is usually recquired.

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