ail Khasanov, an employee of Ural Airlines, had been
preparing the airliner for take-off when the pilot began taxiing and crushed
the 22-year-old’s legs at Koltsovo airport in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Footage released from the incident shows Mr
Khasanov collapsing on the runway as the jet slowly moves forward towards him.
It then stops as Mr Khasanov is seen trying to free
himself but failing to do so.
Speaking for the first time after the incident, which
took place in May 2024, Rail said he "felt his bones burst" as the
Airbus A320 rolled over him.
"A huge wheel drove along my leg and stopped. In the first few seconds I thought it was a nightmare but I couldn’t wake up.
"I didn’t feel any pain at first because of the shock but then I felt my bones burst."
Mr Khasanov said he was stuck under the plane for seven minutes before being rushed to hospital.
"I was fully conscious while I was lying under the plane and I managed to write to my mother, 'Mum, I was hit by a plane,'" he said.
"Then I wanted to sleep, I was so thirsty because of the blood loss. In the ambulance, I managed to say what happened and then I passed out."
The technician was placed in an induced coma but regained consciousness five days later.
He woke up to find that his leg had been amputated at the hip by surgeons.
He said: "I woke up and looked around and it didn’t look like heaven. I could see I was in intensive care with my mother next to my bed. I had no panic.
"I had known even while I was under the plane that my leg didn’t have a hope.
"But I was alive chatting, talking."
The aircraft commander was blamed by investigators for Mr Khasanov’s injury and was ordered to pay him compensation, which is expected to be £16,000.
Mr Khasanov said: "What else could I do? He has a family, children, a mortgage, a loan, a friend.
"Who needs a man to be sentenced for a crime and then not be able to fly and work? All their lives would be ruined."
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