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Lawsuit: Family Of Newark Airport Worker Killed By Propeller Sues Airline, Port Authority
The family of a Newark Liberty Airport worker who was struck by an airplane propeller and killed has filed a lawsuit saying an absentee spotter and failed safety provisions are to blame for her death.
Jacqueline Mkalama, 53, of Orange, was walking on the tarmac at Gate 25 in Terminal A when she was struck in the head by the spinning propeller of a Bombardier DHC-8202, on Sept. 2, 2017, according to the suit filed last month.
The airport's operator, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, “failed to provide a safe place and means to perform the work, reads the suit, filed by the…
'Healthy, Strong' Newark Airport Worker Dies Of Coronavirus, Coworker Says
A United Airlines employee who worked at Newark airport died of coronavirus despite being healthy and strong, his coworker says.
Carlos Consuegra, 52, of Union City, worked as a ramp service employee in Terminal B and died Tuesday of the virus.
Marco A. Alva, Sr., who worked in Terminal C, told NJ.com that Consuegra looked healthy until March 17 -- when he fell asleep on a company tug.
Consuegra was sent home and was evaluated at Trinitas Medical Center in Elizabeth, where he passed out and then was diagnosed with an ear infection, according to Alva.
With no sick time, Consuegra…
Police: NY Madman Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs After Landing At Newark Airport
An upstate New York man went berserk on a flight to Newark, barreling into the cockpit door and pummeling a female attendant before injuring one of six Port Authority police officers in a brawl on the tarmac, authorities said.
United Airlines Flight 4965 from Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. had almost reached Newark shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday when passengers said Matthew Dingley went off.
Dingley, 28, of Wynantsville, NY, sprinted to the cockpit door and began banging on it, then attacked the much smaller attendant when she tried to stop him, they said.
A passeng…
