34-Year-Old Airline Employee And Mother Dies After Being ‘Ingested By An A/C Engine’ In Extremely Rare Accident

An unfortunate tragedy occurred on New Year’s Eve when a mother of three died on the job.

According to Atlanta Black Star, 34-year-old Courtney Edwards, a ground-handling agent for Piedmont Airlines, a branch of American Airlines, walked near a parked Embraer E175 American Airlines plane when she was “ingested into the engine.”