American Airlines employee killed in 'industrial accident' at Alabama airport
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A ground crew employee with American Airlines/Piedmont Airlines was killed in an industrial accident at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama on New Year's Eve.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the employee was killed where American Airlines Flight 3408, an Embraer E175 twin-jet, was parked, according to Reuters. Data on FlightAware showed the flight was scheduled to depart from Gate 4 in Montgomery for Dallas-Forth Worth Saturday afternoon.
Reuters also reported two people briefed on the incident said the employee, who was a baggage handler, died in "an accident involving one of the airplane's engines that was running."
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