Baggage handler ‘sucked into plane’s engine’ with Montgomery Airport closed after horrific freak accident
AN airport employee has died after allegedly getting sucked into a plane's engine in a freak accident, reports claim.
The scary incident unfolded on Saturday at Alabama's Montgomery Regional Airport involving an unidentified American Airlines/Piedmont Airlines ground crew employee.
"Today around 3 pm an American Airlines ground crew piedmont employee was involved in a fatality, no additional information is available at this time," Montgomery Regional Airport tweeted.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the deceased."
“We are devastated by the accident involving a team member of Piedmont Airlines, an American Airlines regional carrier, at Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM)," AA said in a statement.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident.