An airport employee died on the Montgomery regional airport in Alabama after being sucked right into a aircraft’s engine in a horrific incident, New York Put up reported.

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The employee was sucked into the Embraer 170’s engine on December 31 within the freak accident the place the aircraft had its parking brake set, the report mentioned.

Whereas the plane was parked following a flight from Dallas, one in all its engines was nonetheless working. The employee was ingested into the engine on the time.

“We’re saddened to listen to in regards to the tragic lack of a workforce member of the AA/Piedmont Airways,” the airport’s government director, Wade Davis, mentioned in a press release.

“Our ideas and prayers are with the household throughout this troublesome time,” he added.

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“We’re centered on making certain that each one concerned have the help they want throughout this troublesome time,” American Airways informed New York Put up in a press release.

In the meantime, the airport reopened after a right away shutdown following the accident that shocked everybody. At present, the incident is below investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Nationwide Transpiration Security Board, The Mirror reported.