The 26-year-old baggage handler is fatally SCALPED after her hair became tangled in the baggage conveyor belt as she picked up baggage from the Frontier flight at New Orleans Airport
- Jermani Thompson, 26, got her hair tangled in a baggage carousel while unloading the plane
- She was hospitalized shortly after the August 30 incident, but died soon after
- A New Orleans airport spokesman said they were “deeply saddened” by their tragic loss
An airport baggage handler died after being scalped in a horrific accident at work after her hair got caught on a conveyor belt.
Jermani Thompson, 26, was working at the New Orleans airport when her hair got tangled in the van on Aug. 30 as she was unloading a Frontier plane that had just landed there.
She had worked on the apron, an area where aircraft are parked, loaded, unloaded, refueled, boarded and serviced.
Officials say she was hospitalized shortly after the incident around 10 p.m. but died soon after.
Her body was identified by the Jefferson community coroner, and an airport spokesman confirmed the accident.
A spokesman for GAT Airline Ground Support, where she was employed, said her hair got caught in the conveyor belt.
Jermani Thompson, 26, was working at the New Orleans airport when her hair got tangled in the van on Aug. 30
Officials say she was hospitalized shortly after the incident around 10 p.m. but died soon after. Her body was identified by the Jefferson community coroner, and an airport spokesman confirmed the accident
A spokesman for GAT Airline Ground Support, where she was employed, said her hair got caught in the conveyor belt
They said: “We are heartbroken and support her family and friends as best we can.
“Please send your well wishes to everyone at our New Orleans station at this very difficult time.”
Frontier Airlines canceled a flight Wednesday morning after the accident, but all other flights were operating as scheduled.
A Frontier Airlines spokesman said in a statement: “We offer our deepest condolences following the tragic death of a team member from our ground handling business partner at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans.
“Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones at this difficult time.”
In a tribute to her, an airport spokesman said Jermani was part of the “airport family” and that they were “deeply saddened” by her death
Frontier Airlines canceled a flight Wednesday morning after the accident, but all other flights were operating as scheduled
Kevin Dolliole, Director of Aviation at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport added: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Jermani Thompson, a member of GAT Airline’s Ground Support Team.
“Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport offers its sincere condolences to her family and friends, as well as to our partners at GAT and Fontier Airlines.
“Jermani has been a part of our Airport family and we will continue to support each other in any way we can during this difficult time.”