One fatality at Alabama airport after baggage handler sucked into plane engine

One airport worker was killed on the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama on Saturday, after the person was sucked into the engine of an American Airline backed airplane, airport authorities confirmed.

The worker, recognized solely as a baggage handler, was killed whereas the American Airways flight was ready at its gate. The airplane was scheduled to depart for Dallas later Saturday afternoon, in response to information web site WSFA-12.

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“Right now round 3 pm an American Airways floor crew piedmont worker was concerned in a fatality, no further data is obtainable right now,” the airport tweeted. “Our ideas and prayers are with the household of the deceased.”

The Federal Aviation Administration and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board will examine the incident, in response to Reuters. The airport has since closed and can reopen on Sunday, in response to the FAA. The airplane was operated by the American Airline subsidiary Envoy Air, in response to the outlet.

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An identical incident occurred in New Orleans earlier this 12 months, when 26-year-old baggage handler Jermani Thompson died whereas unloading baggaage from Frontier Airways flight in September. The incident occurred when Thompson’s hair turned entangled within the belt loader equipment, CBS Information reported on the time.