A 30-year-old man from the United States was discovered lifeless inside an airplane engine on Monday evening at Salt Lake City International Airport, the Associated Press reported.

Kyler Efinger, of Park City, was discovered unconscious inside an engine mounted to the wing of a business plane loaded with passengers.

According to the police, Efinger breached an emergency exit door, walked onto the tarmac and climbed contained in the engine. The airplane had been sitting on a de-icing pad, and its engines have been rotating.

Efinger was carrying a ticket and a boarding go to Denver, the police mentioned. His reason behind dying stays unclear, in line with The Guardian.

The supervisor of a retailer contained in the airport had reported a disturbance simply earlier than 10 pm. He instructed dispatchers with the Airport Control Center that he noticed a passenger go via an emergency exit.

As the seek for Efinger started, officers discovered clothes, sneakers and different private gadgets on one of many runways.

After finding him, the officers instructed air visitors controllers to inform the pilot to close down the plane’s engines.

Efinger was pulled out of the engine consumption cowling, which directs airflow to the engine fan. Life-saving measures, equivalent to CPR, have been carried out, however he was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

The police mentioned that passengers have been faraway from the airplane when Efinger was discovered, however general airport operations weren’t interrupted. The preliminary investigation signifies the person accessed the airport’s ramp space from the emergency exit and climbed contained in the close by engine.

On Tuesday, Efinger’s father, Judd Efinger, instructed FOX 13 that his son struggled with psychological well being for practically a decade.

He mentioned that Kyler was doing properly final week when the household met for Christmas and that he was flying to go to his sick grandparents. He added that he wonders if his son had a psychological well being episode.