Airline fined $15k after worker sucked into jet engine
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has imposed a $15,625 fine on Piedmont Airlines, a regional subsidiary of American Airlines, for the death of Courtney Edwards – a ground crew worker – who was sucked into the engine of a plane at Montgomery Regional Airport on New Year’s Eve. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed that Edwards, 34, was taken by the engine while “on the ramp” of American Airlines …