A Delta Air Lines employee died at Orlando International Airport (MCO) when an aircraft tug vehicle collided with a jet bridge at around 10:55 p.m. local time on Thursday, May 7. The aircraft had landed and was preparing to deplane when the incident took place, news reports say. The crew member was later identified as Daniel Maldonado, according to several sources.
A report from the Ninth Circuit Medical Examiner’s Office stated hat 49-year-old Maldonado’s death was accidental. The report said that the victim died of multiple blunt impact injuries. It is unclear at this time if the worker was on the jet bridge or in the tug that crashed into it.
“The Delta family is heartbroken at the loss of a team member while on the job at Orlando International Airport on the evening of May 7,” a Delta Air Lines spokesperson said in a statement. “We are focused on extending our full support to family and taking care of our Orlando team during this difficult time. We are working with local authorities as a full investigation gets underway to determine what occurred.”