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Ground handler appeared to ignore warnings before being sucked into plane engine

By Luke Gentile
Published January 25, 2023 6:06pm ET
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Ground handler appeared to ignore warnings before being sucked into plane engine
A female ground handler who died after she was “violently” sucked into an airplane engine at an Alabama airport had been warned multiple times to maintain distance from the aircraft, federal investigators said. Courtney Edwards, a 34-year-old mother of three, died New Year’s Eve at Montgomery Regional Airport when she was swept off her feet […]

A female ground handler who died after she was “violently” sucked into an airplane engine at an Alabama airport had been warned multiple times to maintain distance from the aircraft, federal investigators said.

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