ANSA news agency reported the victim was sucked into the engine of a departing plane while being chased by airport police.

ROME (AP) — The airport in the northern Italian city of Bergamo briefly suspended flights Tuesday due to a runway incident that local media said was apparently caused by someone running onto the tarmac and getting sucked into an airport engine.

A man 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