Who was the ground worker ingested and killed in a jet engine in San Antonio?

David Renner died June 23 at the San Antonio International Airport. His death was ruled a suicide. The plaintiff in the lawsuit had boarded Delta Airlines Flight 1111 and was seated on the same side of the plane as the jet engine where Renner's death took place.



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