A baggage handler working a Frontier Airlines flight was killed in a shocking accident Tuesday night after her hair got tangled in a belt loader.
Jermani Thompson, 26, was working for GAT Airline Ground Support, which contracts for Frontier, at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport when the tragic accident took place around 10:30 p.m. local time, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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“We are deeply saddened about the tragic loss of GAT Airline Ground Support team member, Jermani Thompson,” Kevin Dolliole, director of aviation for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, lamented, per WGNO. “[Thompson] was a part of our Airport family, and we will continue to support one another in any way we can during this trying time.”
Additional details about the circumstances of her death are not clear, according to GAT CEO Mike Hough.
“What we know so far is that her hair became entangled with the machinery of the belt loader,” Hough told ABC. “We are heartbroken and are supporting her family and her friends as best as we are able.”
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Thompson was known by family and friends for her love of basketball, the New Orleans Advocate reported.
“She loved basketball,” her mother, Angela Dorsey, said. “She was my baby girl. Everybody loved her.”
