Alabama Airport Worker Tragically Dies After Being Sucked Into Engine, Officials Say Mother Of Three Was Warned To Keep Her Distance

The 34-year-old mother worked for Piedmont Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines when she was killed on the job.

The investigation's report detailed a co-worker's account of the accident, who sadly watched the event unfold.

The co-worker claimed in the report that the exhaust from a nearby Embraer E175 jet almost knocked Edwards to the ground. The employee recalled then warning Edwards to move away from the aircraft's engines before they fully shut down, prior to her death.

During the same time period, another co-worker who was positioned on the other side of the jet reportedly moved away from the aircraft after the pilot leaned out of the window and shouted that the engines were still on.

Unfortunately, just moments later, Edwards walked in front of the aircraft's engines.

The report stated that while she carried orange safety cones, the woman was "pulled off her feet and into the operating engine."

The jet's co-pilot recalled that the "airplane shook violently followed by the immediate automatic shutdown" after Edwards was lifted from the ground.

The jet was traveling from Dallas to Montgomery and had 59 passengers plus four crew members on board.

According to the report, the jet's auxiliary power unit, which is used as supplemental power in replace of the engines, was not working at the time of the fatal accident.

Due to the inoperable auxiliary unit, the pilots agreed to keep the jet's engines running for a two-minute cool-down period while the aircraft waited to be connected to ground power.

The report further detailed safety warnings were given to the crew prior to Edwards' death.