Security footage shows how a man who died in a plane engine escaped the terminal and ran across the tarmac
- A 30-year-old man died after climbing inside a plane engine earlier this month.
- Security camera footage shows how he managed to exit the terminal and run across the tarmac at Salt Lake City airport.
Security camera footage obtained by local outlet Fox 13 shows how a 30-year-old man ran onto an airport's tarmac before climbing into a plane engine.
Kyler Efinger died on January 1 at Salt Lake City's airport. Police officers pulled him from the engine of a Delta Airbus A220 and attempted lifesaving efforts including CPR and administering naloxone, a drug used to overturn opioid overdoses.
The Salt Lake City Police Department said they started investigating after a store manager on the secured side of the airport reported a disturbance with a passenger.
Airport Control then told police that the man had passed through an emergency exit in the terminal.The video footage starts showing the man trying to open a locked door at a Delta Air Lines gate, before talking to an airport employee.He then runs through the quiet terminal and tries to open another locked door, before throwing his shoes against a window.At one point, he finds an unlocked door, and then the footage cuts to show him running across the tarmac toward a plane.10 minutes after he exited the terminal, the police said they found clothing and shoes on one of the runways.
The man was found partially inside the engine, which had started rotating. The police statement added that the specific stage of engine operation remains under investigation, and the autopsy "may include a toxicology report."
95 passengers were on board the Delta Air Lines jet which was due to fly to San Francisco before it was canceled as a result of the incident, NBC News reported.