An airport ramp worker who was killed at an airport in Montgomery, Alabama, on New Year’s Eve by getting sucked into a plane’s engine was warned not to go near the aircraft, according to federal investigators.
The accident took place on Dec. 31, 2022, when the employee, who worked at the Montgomery Regional Airport, got too close to the engine of an American Eagle Embraer 170 jet. The plane, which had come from Dallas, was operated by an American Airlines affiliate, Envoy Air, and carried 63 passengers and crew. After the pilots had parked the plane, the engines were left running for a two-minute cool-down period.
