An American Airlines ground crew member was killed in an accident that closed the airport for hours, officials said at Montgomery Airport, Alabama.
“We express our regret over the incident that a member of the (Piedmont Airlines) team, an American Airlines affiliate, experienced at Montgomery Airport,” ABC News quoted a spokesperson for American Airlines as saying.
The spokesperson added, “We are all with the family of the late, and we are currently focusing on providing all forms of support they need.”
The spokesman did not reveal any details related to the accident, but the Intel Point Alert account, which specializes in following up accident news in the United States, said in a tweet: The worker who died was responsible for putting bags on the plane, and he died of his injuries as a result of being pulled from the plane’s jet engine.