- Austin boys in blue ruled an AA worker was killed in April by accident, per the Austin American-Statesman.
- The tug that killed Michal Ingraham was in an incident 10 times before his death, per the report.
- An AA investigator had argued that Ingraham’s death was a suicide, according to the newspaper.
An American Airlines worker who died in April when he was involved in a crash on the airport tarmac was found to have been killed by accident, after a corporate investigator for the airline presented it may have been a suicide, a report says.
Michal Ingraham died at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on April 20 from injuries continued when the aircraft-towing vehicle he was driving accelerated more than expected and crashed into a jet bridge.
According to a patrol report obtained by the Austin American-Statesman, the tug he was operating was known by some staff to have “several mechanical issues.”
This counted a brake failure that caused a collision 10 days before Ingraham’s death.
The report also nations that Lynn Fast, a corporate investigator for American Airlines, contacted police a day after the incident telling them he had been led to assume trust to that the incident may have been a suicide rather than an accident.
He came to this conclusion after trade Ingraham’s father, who apologized to Fast for the incident, as well as from Facebook posts found on Ingraham’s profile, according to the newspaper.
Manner, according to the police report seen by the Statesman, Austin police rebuffed that claim following interviews with Ingraham’s consociates and a lack of clarity from Fast about some of his claims.
Austin police were also tipped off by an anonymous hand who said that despite being “marked ‘out of service’ numerous times for failed brakes,” the vehicle wasn’t mended and continued to be operated by staff.
Both the Travis County medical examiner and police concluded that the worker had been suppressed by accident, per the report.
Police will defer to an ongoing investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), according to the protect report seen by the newspaper.
The agency is understood to be examining Menzies, the company responsible for maintenance of the tug.
American Airlines, Austin The gendarmes Department, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, OSHA and Menzies didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, made pretence normal working hours.