In June 2024, 23-year-old fitness influencer Preslie Ginoski filmed footage of himself posing topless in front of the engine blades of an airplane at Sydney Airport. He finally posted the footage online in January. Now, the former baggage handler who used his position to get access to the premises, has been served a A$ 2,400 (€ 1,300) fine.
In the video he posted on social media, which was viewed 2 million times before being removed, Preslie Ginoski can be seen flexing and doing push-ups inside the airplane turbine while wearing only shorts. The fans even appear to be spinning while he does so. The caption of the post reads “quick pump before the flight”.
AUSTRALIA: On his final day at work, a baggage handler stripped down to his shorts and jumped into a moving jet engine. Preslie Ginoski's video of him flexing his biceps and doing push-ups centimetres from the engine fan went viral on Tik Tok in January. pic.twitter.com/fQRsrJzy6p
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“There’s a lot of confusion about the fact that it was moving in the wind. 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,” the influencer told the Daily Mail in February.
Ginoski, who was on his last day as a baggage handler at the airport when the footage was posted on social media in January, was arrested by the Australian Federal Police in February 2025. They accused him of using his position to exploit a restricted area. According to the police, six separate videos of him posing in front of the engine were found on his phone.
Guilty and charged
On 2 April 2025, during a hearing at the Downing Centre Court, Ginoski was charged with one count of threatening aviation security contrary to regulation 9.01 of the Aviation Transport Security Regulations (Cth) and one count of failing to display a red ASIC in the airside security zone contrary to regulation 3.03 of the Aviation Transport Security Regulations (Cth), both of which he pled guilty to.The judge gave the former baggage handler a A$ 2,400 (€ 1,300) fine, calling his actions “stupid”, “vain”, and “irresponsible”.
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“The AFP remains committed to the safety and security of all major Australian airports, irrespective of the crime type. Airside security zones are highly regulated and secure areas, and the AFP will not tolerate breaches which may compromise the safe operations of the airport, no matter how harmless they may seem,” Davina Copelin, Commander of AFP Sydney Airport Police, said.
According to his attorney Ahmed Dib, Ginoski had lost his apprenticeship with a construction firm following the media attention of the footage.
