Airport worker 'violently' sucked into plane engine after warnings to stay back: NTSB
was pulled in so violently that it shook the entire aircraft, killing her after she had been repeatedly warned to keep her distance, federal investigators found.
The report revealed that prior to her death, a co-worker saw Edwards nearly knocked over by the exhaust from a jet and tried to warn her to keep her distance until the engines were shut down. The flight from Dallas with 59 passengers and four crew members on board was operated by Envoy Air, an affiliate of American Airlines.
A colleague said that before the fatal accident, he saw Edwards nearly knocked over by exhaust from a jet and tried to warn her to keep her distance from the engines.A pilot said the plane shook violently when Edwards was ingested into engine 1 that was still running during a two-minute cooldown period.Throughout the incident, rotating beacons on the plane appeared to be illuminated, warning that engines were still running, investigators said.
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