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American Airlines Fined $15K After A Worker Sucked In The Plane’s Engine
American Airlines Fined $15K After A Worker Was Sucked In The Plane’s Engine & Died
American Airlines has been fined after an airport worker was sucked into the plane’s engine and died.
New York Post reported that the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OHSA) issued a $15,625 (AUD $$22,739) fine against Piedmont Airlines, the regional subsidiary of American Airlines, after the death of Courtney Edwards.
The mother-of-three died on December 31 after she was sucked into the aircraft’s engine in southwest Montgomery, Alabama.
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation confirmed that Edwards, 34, was ‘ingested into the engine’ while ‘on the ramp at Montgomery Regional Airport where American Airlines Flight 3408, an Embraer E175, was parked’.
Employees were told not to approach the plane when the engine was being shut off.
As the pilot landed the plane in Montgomery, he was alerted that the front cargo was being opened just as he started to shut down the right engine. Surveillance shows the mother walking toward the plane’s rear while holding an orange safety cone, according to the NTSB report.
In the video, Edwards steps out of frame before the tragedy occurs.
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