A woman has died after her hair was caught in a conveyer belt at the New Orleans airport, officials say.
Jermani Thompson, 26, was injured Tuesday around 10 p.m on the apron, an area where aircraft are parked, loaded, unloaded, and refueled, according to the Director of Communications for Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport.
A spokesperson for GAT Airline Ground Support stated that Thompson was working to unload a plane that had landed and then her hair got tangled up in the conveyer belt. “We are heartbroken and are supporting her family and her friends as best as we are able. Please send your well wishes to everyone at our New Orleans station during this very difficult time,” the CEO of GAT Airline Ground Support says.