A person has died at Milan Bergamo airport, forcing all flights to be suspended - the incident unfolded on the taxiway, which connects the runway with the rest of the airport

The man was neither an employee nor a passenger. Milan Bergamo Airport did not say how he gained access to the taxiway where the plane was sitting.

Flights at Milan Bergamo Airport were suspended for almost two hours after a man was sucked into a jet engine and killed, according to Italian news agency ANSA.