Airport worker ‘falls’ from back door of Jet2 plane onto tarmac below

Emergency services attend the Jet2 aircraft at Manchester Airport after an engineer fell from the rear doors of the plane (Picture: ASP/SUB)

A worker has been badly injured after falling from the rear door of an aircraft at Manchester Airport.

Witnesses reported that the engineer dropped 12ft from the back of a Jet2 plane after the mobile stairs had been detached.

Pictures showed emergency service vehicles surrounding the aircraft following the incident, near a set of stairs in Jet2 colours set back from the plane.

Paramedics arrived on the scene at 8.22am on Saturday and placed medical screens around the worker, who was a third-party contractor.

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