So Sad: Jet Landing Gear Kills Technician
A SpiceJet technician has been killed after the landing gear door of the aircraft he was working on got shut at the Kolkata airport on Wednesday.
The incident took place around 1.45 am.
"The technician was carrying out maintenance on the landing gear of the Bombardier Q400 plane when the landing door accidentally got closed and he got stuck there," said an official at Kolkata airport.
A complaint on "unnatural death" was filed at Airport police station, a senior police officer said.
Meanwhile, SpiceJet said in a statement, Extremely saddened to share that our technician Rohit Pandey passed away last night in an unfortunate incident at Kolkata airport.
The SpiceJet added, Inadvertently, the main landing gear hydraulic door closed and he got stuck in between the hydraulic door flaps. The hydraulic doors were broken to rescue Mr Pandey but he was declared dead. The entire SpiceJet family stands together in grief in this unfortunate incident.
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