A floor crew employee at a regional Alabama airport was killed on Saturday by being sucked into the engine of a parked aircraft.
The airplane, an Embraer 170, was parked on the gate with its engine working after arriving from Dallas. The flight had been operated by Envoy Air, which is a subsidiary of American Airlines. The one who died was an worker of Piedmont Airlines, a regional airline additionally owned by American Airlines.
Montgomery Regional Airport said in its own statement that it was “saddened to hear about the tragic loss of a team member.”
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
