Texas airport worker dies after being 'ingested' into Delta plane engine

Houston: In a freak accident, an airport worker in the US State of Texas has died after being sucked into a passenger plane engine.

The worker’s death occurred at about 10.25 pm (local time) as a Delta Air Lines flight which had just arrived in San Antonio, Texas from Los Angeles was taxiing to an



arrival gate with one engine running when the worker was killed.

The employee, who has not been named, was "ingested" into an engine at San Antonio International Airport in Texas on Friday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said.