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Report: Airport Worker Sucked into Plane Engine Was Repeatedly Warned to Stay Back
RNN ^ | 01-26-2023 | Jim Clayborn

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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at rightnewsnow.org ...


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KEYWORDS: americanairlines; courtneyedwards; ebonics; guess; no; piedmontairlines; signs
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To: SecondAmendment

LOL!!! Most things tend to work themselves out! They were probably trying to make her a pilot!


41 posted on 01/26/2023 8:24:09 AM PST by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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To: montag813

that was a mess


42 posted on 01/26/2023 8:24:10 AM PST by merkava
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To: adorno

Or massive safety cages on them.


43 posted on 01/26/2023 8:24:28 AM PST by cableguymn
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To: montag813

Professional airline pilot and general knowledge wizard Blancolirio, has an excellent video analysis of this accident on his YouTube channel.


44 posted on 01/26/2023 8:25:02 AM PST by oldplayer
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To: montag813

Benjamin Crump gonna sue to mandate all airport employees be trained in Ebonics


45 posted on 01/26/2023 8:25:30 AM PST by montag813
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To: Ikeon

Or “She didn’t listen the first time.”


46 posted on 01/26/2023 8:25:30 AM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Boogieman
Some people just gotta learn the hard way.

"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."

Benjamin Franklin

47 posted on 01/26/2023 8:25:45 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: montag813

HAHAHA


48 posted on 01/26/2023 8:26:42 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: Clay Moore

Thats racist ... or so they say


49 posted on 01/26/2023 8:27:18 AM PST by RainMan (Democrats ... making war against America since April 12, 1861)
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To: Yo-Yo

Safety briefings are a form of white supremacy.

They were started by the plantation owner, when he would ride around the fields and yell at the slaves not to cut their hands off with the knives or chopping tools that had and explain to them how much a healthy slave costs to replace them.


50 posted on 01/26/2023 8:28:07 AM PST by shotgun
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To: montag813
She had another warning...
"...one crew member had noticed that Edwards had nearly been knocked over by the plane’s exhaust and issued yet another warning for Edwards to give the engines a wide berth."
It pays to listen to warnings that God sends you.
51 posted on 01/26/2023 8:29:47 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Maybe she wanted to show him Who’s The Boss Of Me.


52 posted on 01/26/2023 8:31:07 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: All

~16 minute video of 777 pilot Juan Browne discussing the accident.

NTSB Preliminary Report Ramp Agent Fatality 31 Dec 2022 Montgomery Al.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QGi9RIIF-E


53 posted on 01/26/2023 8:32:04 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: gr8eman

Yikes! Talk about being buried at sea!


54 posted on 01/26/2023 8:32:56 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: montag813

This individual had a ‘no mofo chuck gonna tell me what to do’ expression and I suppose she found out the hard way that being stupid really does make life harder.


55 posted on 01/26/2023 8:33:54 AM PST by robowombat ( )
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To: Alberta's Child

Maybe they will go with their dad.


56 posted on 01/26/2023 8:35:10 AM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: montag813
Working at an airport around jet engines is inherently dangerous and while she was verbally warned, it's hard to hear things at airports.

In the end... You need to be aware of what's going on around you. This poor lady was apparently oblivious to her immediate surroundings and paid the ultimate price.

Darwin award winner of the week.


57 posted on 01/26/2023 8:38:12 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Steely Tom

The critical outstanding story for the industry is whether the rampers were under pressure to turn around this plane in minimum time and started cutting corners with safety procedures.

Here’s a detailed analysis of what happened from an actual airline pilot. There were several factors that lead to the aircraft running the engines while parked at the ramp rather than shutting down immediately and going to ground power or APU.
https://youtu.be/2QGi9RIIF-E


58 posted on 01/26/2023 8:38:46 AM PST by Dave Wright (i)
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To: montag813

there is video somewhere of a military man getting taken into a jet engine- but he survived-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsA92QnWXdY


59 posted on 01/26/2023 8:39:50 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Gay State Conservative
Those big bypass fan blades hit you on the head and you are instantly dead. I often wonder if the brain has time to register what's going on before you are dead. You have a few milliseconds between the time you are lifted off your feet until you are dead. Is that enough time to think "This is it. Goodbye cruel world. I love you Mom."?
Other tidbits from the article...
Before the plane arrived, ground crew members held a ten-minute safety meeting “to reiterate that the engines would remain running until ground power was connected,” according to the NTSB.

The ground crew was also informed that they should not approach the plane until the engines were turned down and the pilots turned off the rotating beacon light.

An American Eagle ground operations manual, released in July 2022, also states that the ground crew should never approach within 15 feet of the engine when running.

[...and this is very sad] Edwards is survived by her three children, her mother, and other family and friends, according to the Montgomery Advertiser.


They had a SAFETY MEETING right before the plane arrived. Maybe suicide by jet?
60 posted on 01/26/2023 8:40:09 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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