A BODYBUILDER has defended his actions after climbing into a moving plane engine to do push-ups for a viral video.
Preslie Ginoski, a fitness influencer, filmed himself jumping up into the engine at Sydney Airport.
He told viewers he was doing a “quick pump before flight” as he started doing press-ups before flexing his biceps.
The shirtless 23-year-old seemed unfazed by the moving propellers behind him as the commercial jet sat on the tarmac.
The dangerous stunt, filmed last year but posted to social media over the weekend, sparked huge backlash from viewers and the airport.
A spokeswoman for Sydney Airport told Daily Mail Australia: “Sydney Airport has zero tolerance for unsafe behaviour on the airfield, and we take all reports of potential safety breaches extremely seriously.”
However, the Sydney-based DJ has defended his actions saying he just wanted to entertain people.
“I just wanted people to get a laugh about it,” he said.
“Like it’s as if I’ve just got off the plane and I’m going to work out.”
He claimed the stunt had not taken place near other passengers or with a running aircraft.
“The plane was parked on a bay and wasn’t moving until the next day,” the influencer said, adding that he made sure it was safe.
Ginoski filmed the video in June last year while working at the airport.
He claimed that the wind had moved the propellers and that “it’s very common for people to sit inside a jet engine.”
“A lot of people have missed the fact that it was totally safe,” he said.
“Flight attendants and pilots always sit in the engines, it’s just because they’re taking photos that the turbines look stable.
“But it’s very common for people to sit inside the jet engine if it is cleared and safe to do so.”
Ginoski no longer works at the airport and decided to share the video on TikTok.
However, the clip which was viewed over two million times has since been removed after the platform said that it violated community guidelines.
Jet engines have a hugely powerful suction force that is used to draw large amounts of air into the engine to create thrust.
It is so powerful that when engine is running, the suction can pull in a human who is just a few meters in front of the wing.
After the video went viral, viewers were less than impressed with the stunt while others questioned airport security before knowing that he worked there.
One said on Facebook: “Stupid move it wouldn’t take much for that engine to turn him into mince meat.”
“The moment where starting the engine would also become quite famous on TikTok….” another wrote.
“How dumb can a person be to try a stunt that dangerous & how was he able to get that far?” a third added.
Another influencer has spoken out after she burnt the skin off her face while trying a sun bed ‘hack’.
