A subsidiary of American Airlines was given a $15,625 fine by federal safety regulators over the death of a ground crew worker who was sucked into the engine of their plane.
Courtney Edwards, 34, was sucked into a plane engine at an Alabama airport on New Year’s Eve prompting the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to fine Piedmont Airlines after investigators found it responsible for the death of the mother-of-three at Montgomery Regional Airport.
After an investigation was launched by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), it was found that Edwards was “ingested into the engine” while walking “on the ramp at Montgomery Regional Airport where American Airlines Flight 3408, an Embraer E175, was parked.”
The NTSB found that the ground crew at Montgomery held two safety briefings 10 minutes before the plane arrived at the gate. In this meeting, employees were informed that they should not approach the aircraft until the engine and beacon light was turned off.
Some of you might remember this story. Just minutes after a safety briefing, the Dindu Queen decided she knew better than everyone else and ended up getting sucked into the engine. Despite that, the airline was still fined, albeit "only" $15,000. The fact that they were levied a fine should surprise me, but it doesn't. That gives the nigress's family motive to sue.
Hand rubbing intensifies.
[Source.](https://www.oann.com/newsroom/american-airlines-fined-only-15000-after-woman-is-ingested-into-plane-engine/)
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A subsidiary of American Airlines was given a $15,625 fine by federal safety regulators over the death of a ground crew worker who was sucked into the engine of their plane.
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Courtney Edwards, 34, was sucked into a plane engine at an Alabama airport on New Year’s Eve prompting the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to fine Piedmont Airlines after investigators found it responsible for the death of the mother-of-three at Montgomery Regional Airport.
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After an investigation was launched by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), it was found that Edwards was “ingested into the engine” while walking “on the ramp at Montgomery Regional Airport where American Airlines Flight 3408, an Embraer E175, was parked.”
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The NTSB found that the ground crew at Montgomery held two safety briefings 10 minutes before the plane arrived at the gate. In this meeting, employees were informed that they should not approach the aircraft until the engine and beacon light was turned off.
Some of you might remember this story. Just minutes after a safety briefing, the Dindu Queen decided she knew better than everyone else and ended up getting sucked into the engine. Despite that, the airline was still fined, albeit "only" $15,000. The fact that they were levied a fine should surprise me, but it doesn't. That gives the nigress's family motive to sue.
Hand rubbing intensifies.
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