Texas airline worker killed after being ingested by jet engine

An airport worker died after being “ingested” into a Delta Air Lines jet engine at San Antonio International Airport.

Emergency responders were called to the scene at about 10:25 p.m. Friday night, according to KENS5.

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The plane had just arrived from Los Angeles and had only one engine running when the victim was killed, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement.

[Oh, this is SO awful. The safety awareness measures have gotten so good over the past years this is a far rarer tragedy than it used to be. But people can still get complacent or too busy and lose their focus in the hustle of getting a flight settled in and turned around. It only takes on horrible second not to know where that intake is vs where YOU are, and there is not a thing you can do, the suction is that strong, even at idle. God bless him and comfort his family, and everyone who was on the scene as well. ~ Beege]

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