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The death of a ground crew worker on Friday who was sucked into a plane’s engine at the San Antonio International Airport has been ruled a suicide, according to a Texas medical examiner’s office.
The airport employee was killed around 10:25 p.m. local time Friday when he was caught and “ingested” in the engine of a Delta Air Lines plane that arrived from Los Angeles and was taxiing to the gate, the National Transportation Safety Board previously said in a statement provided to USA TODAY.
An employee at the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Tuesday to USA TODAY in a phone call that the office determined that the 27-year-old man died by suicide, noting the cause of death was due to blunt and sharp force injuries.
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The safety board, which previously indicated its intent to continue working with Texas authorities to gather information, said Tuesday that it no longer plans to investigate the man’s death in light of the ruling from the medical examiner.
“The NTSB will not be opening an investigation into this event,” according to the statement, which the agency provided to USA TODAY. “There were no operational safety issues with either the airplane or the airport.”
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The airport did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday morning from USA TODAY.
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