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A mechanic has been killed after getting sucked into a jet engine while carrying out maintenance. Abolfazl Amiri was working at Chabahar Konarak airport in southern Iran after he went to retrieve a tool near the aircraft. The mechanic was working on Iranian domestic airline Varesh Airline’s Boeing 737-500 when he was sucked into the engine. The engine on the right-hand side had been started for a test run with the cover flaps open, reports Bild. A safety area had been set up around the engine as is usually required. However, when Amiri realised he had forgotten a tool on the engine, he went ba…

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