Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 157531.015 - Employee dies by suicide jumping into active aircraft engine

Accident Summary Nr: 157531.015 -- Report ID: 0625500 -- Event Date: 06/23/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1679393.015	06/26/2023		488190	Unifi Aviation Services

Abstract: At 10:30 p.m. on June 23, 2023, an employee was working as an air traffic controller for an aviation services company. The employee was standing outside the aircraft taxi demarcation zone with chock blocks awaiting the arrival of an incoming aircraft. The employee purposefully walked towards and jumped into the active left engine of a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319-114. The employee died due to suicide by engine ingestion.

Keywords: Aircraft, Airplane, Airport, Chock, Engine, Instantaneous amputation, Suicide, Torso, Traumatic Amputation, ingestion

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1679393.015	28	M	Fatality		Air traffic controllers

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