American Airlines Worker Reportedly Killed After Being Sucked Into Engine

An employee of American Airlines wholly-owned regional carrier Piedmont Airlines was sucked into the engine of an American-owned Envoy Air Embraer 175 aircraft that had arrived in Montgomery, Alabama from Dallas – Fort Worth. The individual was a baggage handler.

#UPDATE: American Airlines employee baggage-handler has been confirmed dead after fatally sucked into American Airlines jet engine at Montgomery Regional Airport pic.twitter.com/VF38R3diTg

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January 1, 2023

The aircraft was supposed to leave Montgomery at 3.46 pm on December 31 and return to Dallas. All airport operations were stopped after the flight was canceled.

Today around 3 pm an American Airlines ground crew piedmont employee was involved in a fatality, no additional information is available at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the deceased.

— Montgomery Regional Airport (@flymgm) January 1, 2023

According to the airlines.