Man run over by aeroplane ‘felt his bones burst’ as jet rolled over him

An airdrome technician who had his limb amputated aft being tally implicit by a 77-tonne level has spoken retired for the archetypal time.

Rail Khasanov, an worker of Ural Airlines, had been preparing the airliner for take-off erstwhile the aviator began taxiing and crushed the 22-year-old’s legs astatine Koltsovo airdrome successful Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Footage released from the incidental shows Mr Khasanov collapsing connected the runway arsenic the pitchy dilatory moves guardant towards him.

It past stops arsenic Mr Khasanov is seen trying to escaped himself but failing to bash so.

Speaking for the archetypal clip aft the incident, which took spot successful May, Rail said helium ‘felt his bones burst’ arsenic the Airbus A320 rolled implicit him.

He said: ‘I retrieve the incidental perfectly.

‘A immense instrumentality drove on my limb and stopped. In the archetypal fewer seconds I thought it was a nightmare but I couldn’t aftermath up.

‘I didn’t consciousness immoderate symptom astatine archetypal due to the fact that of the daze but past I felt my bones burst.’

Mr Khasanov said helium was stuck nether the level for 7 minutes earlier being rushed to hospital.

‘I was afloat conscious portion I was lying nether the level and I managed to constitute to my mother, “Mum, I was deed by a plane,”‘ helium said.

‘Then I wanted to sleep, I was truthful thirsty due to the fact that of the humor loss. In the ambulance, I managed to accidental what happened and past I passed out.’

The technician placed successful an induced coma, but regained consciousness 5 days later.

He woke up to find that his limb had been amputated astatine the hep by surgeons.

He said: ‘I woke up and looked astir and it didn’t look similar heaven. I could spot I was successful intensive attraction with my parent adjacent to my bed. I had nary panic.

‘I had known adjacent portion I was nether the level that my limb didn’t person a hope.

‘But I was live chatting, talking.’

The craft commandant was blamed by investigators for Mr Khasanov’s wounded and was ordered to wage him compensation, which is expected to beryllium £16,000.

Mr Khasanov said: ‘What other could I do? He has a family, children, a mortgage, a loan, a friend.

‘Who needs a antheral to beryllium sentenced for a transgression and past not beryllium capable to alert and work? All their lives would beryllium ruined.’

Mr Khasanov is inactive an worker of Ural Airlines but is present looking for a caller role. He is presently receiving rehabilitation and is owed to instrumentality to enactment soon aft being fitted with a prosthetic leg.

‘It’s hard capable connected 2 legs. The institution has promised they volition find a occupation for me,’ helium said.

‘I cognize I’ll person to larn thing new.’

Metro approached Ural Airlines for comment.

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