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.

Thousands of flights stopped at the Milan Bergamo Airport after a man was "sucked into the engine of a place that was preparing for takeoff," according to local media on Tuesday.

Milan Bergamo Airport in Italy was the scene of a shocking and fatal accident, with a man getting sucked into the engine of a Volotea Airbus A319 while preparations were being made for it to leave for Spain on Tuesday morning.