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 tell me what to do! You’re not the boss of ........
Affirmation action can be deadly
Yikes
The marshaller could be seen backing away from the airplane’s open forward cargo door and the ramp agent from the back of the airplane reappeared walking along the leading edge of the left wing and directly in front of the number one engine. She was subsequently pulled off her feet and into the operating engine. Throughout the course of the accident, the airplane’s upper rotating beacon light appeared to be illuminated.
There is a 15 foot exclusion zone in front and to the sides of any running engine, and she just walked right in front of the running engine. She never stood a chance.
Did she not understand English?
Dang that was lucky! Doggone near lost a 4 hunnerd dollar handcar.
You've gotta feel bad for this guy...that can't be a good way to do.
Darwin award
Wow, they had a safety briefing ahead of the landing warning them not to approach the plane until the engines shut down. She was warned on the ground at least twice as she approached too closely. She was almost pulled off her feet once and then went back and got too close again. That’s industrial-grade stupid.
I see they had a meeting right before the landing about the situation and she was warned once in the tarmac for being too close she obviously didn’t take the risk to herself seriously. I wonder if she had time to think about it once she was pulled off her feet.
That idiot was warned SEVERAL TIMES to stay the hell away from the engines.
She even got hit by jet blast while getting too close to the aft end of the engine.
And ...
She walked close in front of the engine. And got herself killed.
People like that shouldn’t be on ground crews ...
And don’t bring up US Navy flight deck crews ... that’s a completely different environment.
nothing you haven't already told her twice...
See Post #9. The sailor I mention was,IIRC,white. Carelessness knows no racial barriers.
Might be a great way to go. It’s quick and for a moment you get to fly.
Everyday is an IQ test as Chris Plante says.
Nominee
USN flight deck crews are required by the nature of the environment to be extremely close to operating aircraft. It’s a completely different situation.
Just sayin'...
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