Posted on 01/26/2023 7:58:53 AM PST by montag813
by Jim Clayborn
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report regarding the death of an airport worker at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama on New Year’s Eve.
The report indicated that Courtney Edwards, 34, a ramp agent for American Airlines subsidiary, Piedmont Airlines, was killed after she was sucked into a plane engine despite being warned not to get close to the engine.
At around 2:40 p.m., American Eagle flight ENY3408 from Dallas-Fort Worth arrived at the gate following an “uneventful flight,” according to the NTSB report via Alabama News Network. After stopping the plane, the crew let both engines keep running for the required two-minute engine cool-down period as they waited for the plane to be connected to the power in the ground.
The crew did this since they were operating with a broken auxiliary power unit.
As crew members were shutting down the engines, they got an alert that the cargo door was open. The first officer opened his window from the cockpit to let the ramp agents know that the engines were still running, while the captain announced for passengers to remain in their seats.
The first officer then reported he “saw a warning light illuminate and the airplane shook violently followed by the immediate automatic shutdown of the number 1 engine,” according to the report. “Unsure of what had occurred, he extinguished the emergency lights and shut off both batteries before leaving the flight deck to investigate.”
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Don’t quit your day job ...
This wouldn’t have happened if it was an E-Jet.
At least it was quick.
Suicide by General Electric Turbofan engine.
I was on a carrier (Independence) that had an incident like this. Sailor tripped over the chock-blocks and it was enough that when he left his feet it took him straight in....they got him to the medical center and saved his life - stabilized him and got him medevac’d to shore all within about 45 minutes. He lost both legs but lived. Folks were mighty edgy on the flight deck for quite some time after that.
It seems like a supervisor would have relieved her of duties before she had the chance to try it a second time.
LOL at the “Blazing Saddles” reference.
They spoke to her in cursive?
Might be the best thing that ever happened to them.
""WHAT??!!"
FOOMP!!
I feel sorry for the guys who have to clean the engine.
It’s time to have a conversation about the structural racism of fluid dynamics ...
Well....technically she wasn’t “standing” while going into the grinder! It’s obvious that she had no concept of why you don’t go near running airplane engines!
Jet engines can be killers.
Democrats will be writing bills demanding the banning of jet engines.
Some people just gotta learn the hard way.
Those motors will turn one into prop wash real quick.
That must’ve been embarrassing for her...
Navy guy I know had a female sailor fall off the aft and get ground up by the screws. He described the red cloud. That’s what this reminded me of!
Maybe she ignored the safety briefing because it was 'mansplaining.'
Safety grills over engine intakes. Just like on electric fans. They'll demand it.
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