A man died at one of Milan’s main airports Tuesday after being sucked into a jet engine on a taxiway, an airport spokesperson said.

The man was not a passenger nor did he work at Milan Bergamo Airport, Sacbo, the company that operates the airport, said in a statement. It was not immediately clear how the man gained access to the airport’s apron and then the taxiway, where he “approached a stationary commercial aircraft with engines running” and was killed, the statement said.

Flight operations at the airport were suspended at 10:20 a.m. local time because of “a problem” on the taxiway, the airport said in a statement, and resumed at noon.

“Today’s tragic event has deeply shaken the entire airport community,” Giovanni Sanga, Sacbo’s president, said in the statement. “From the outset,” he added, “in addition to ensuring the immediate management of the emergency and assistance to passengers and crew, we have also focused our attention on the colleagues who witness the episode and were deeply affected by it.”

— The New York Times