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SpiceJet technician gets stuck in aircraft's landing gear door, dies
Updated On: 10 July, 2019 09:51 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
The body was later removed from the landing gear with the help of the fire brigade

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In a bizarre incident, a SpiceJet technician was killed at the aerodrome on Wednesday after he got stuck in the main landing gear door of an aircraft he was working on.
The incident took place in the morning at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata at around 1:45 am. The technician was carrying out regular maintenance work when the incident took place.
West Bengal: A SpiceJet technician lost his life after he got stuck in main landing gear door while working on an aircraft at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, around 1 am today. His body was removed from landing gear with the help of Fire brigade. pic.twitter.com/5jaqqbJTwQ
— ANI (@ANI) July 10, 2019
A senior airport official told news agency Press Trust of India, "The technician was carrying out maintenance work on the landing gear of a Bombardier Q400 plane belonging to SpiceJet when the landing door accidentally got closed and he got stuck."


