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.

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.

Flights paused at Bergamo Airport after a person ran onto the tarmac and was killed by a plane engine. Suicide is suspected, officials say.