Worker dies after being sucked into the engine of a Delta jet in San Antonio

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It was a sad and grim death for a ground worker at San Antonio International Airport on Friday.

Reports say the unidentified worker was accidentally sucked into the engine of a Delta Airlines jet that had just landed from Los Angeles. The man worked for a Delta contractor called UniFi Aviation.

The NTSB said it is communicating with the airline as the Board investigates the deadly incident.

On New Year's Eve, a worker for an American Airlines subsidiary died in a similar incident at an airport in Alabama. Earlier this month, OSHA fined the subsidiary $15,000.

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