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The plaintiff saw David Renner die while she was sitting aboard the airplane. SAN ANTONIO — An airplane passenger who witnessed a ground crew worker as he was fatally ingested into a jet engine is suing the company that employed him after she experienced post-traumatic stress over the incident. David Renner died June 23 at the San Antonio International Airport. His death was ruled a suicide. The plaintiff in the lawsuit had boarded Delta Airlines Flight 1111 and was seated on the same side of the plane as the jet engine where Renner's death took place. She was looking out...

A Texas airport worker was killed after being sucked into a jet engine at San Antonio International Airport on Friday night, according to a report. Emergency crews were called to the tarmac just before 10:30 p.m. after reports that a ground worker had been “ingested” into the engine of a plane that had just landed. “Delta Flight 1111 was taxying to the gate, with one engine on at that time, and a worker was ingested into that engine at 10:25 p.m,” the NTSB said in a statement to KENS5. An investigation into the worker’s death is ongoing. “The NTSB has...