A 50-year-old was the victim of an accident at work that occurred during the night at Genoa's Cristoforo Colombo airport. The airport employee was carrying out a routine inspection along the runway when, in the car, he fell into the sea at the west end, after having broken through the barrier of runway 10.

When the alarm went off, the rescuers intervened but the man was already dead. The divers of the carabinieri and firefighters, with the collaboration of the captaincy, located the vehicle and recovered the body .

The airport, which had ceased operations, resumed normal operations upon completion of the emergency management operations.

Investigations are underway on the matter to clarify the dynamics of what happened.

(Unioneonline / ss)

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