{"id":264315,"date":"2026-05-09T02:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264315\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T02:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:52:16","slug":"delta-airlines-employee-dies-after-tug-hits-jet-bridge-at-orlando-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264315\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta Airlines employee dies after tug hits jet bridge at Orlando airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n

A Delta Airlines employee is dead after an airport tug vehicle crashed into a jet bridge Thursday night at Orlando International Airport<\/a> (MCO).<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital a tug struck the bridge<\/a> where Delta\u00a0Air Lines Flight 2593 was parked at about 10:55 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n

Passengers deplaned via the rear door and airstairs, FAA officials said.<\/p>\n

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FILE – A Delta Airlines employee died after a tug vehicle crash Thursday at Orlando International Airport (MCO). (Paul Hennessy\/Anadolu\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

AMERICAN AIRLINES WORKER KILLED IN CHARLOTTE AIRPORT VEHICLE ACCIDENT<\/a><\/p>\n

Delta confirmed to Fox<\/a> News Digital the employee was “on the job” at the time of the wreck.<\/p>\n

“The Delta family is heartbroken at the loss of a team member while on the job at Orlando International Airport on the<\/a> evening of May 7,” an airline spokesperson wrote in a statement. “We are focused on extending our full support to family and taking care of our Orlando team during this difficult time. We are working with local authorities as a full investigation gets underway to determine what occurred.”<\/p>\n

Operations were paused immediately after the incident and one flight departure was canceled.<\/p>\n

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FILE – Delta Airlines told Fox News Digital it is cooperating with authorities in the ongoing investigation. (Aaron E. Martinez\/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

ORLANDO AIRPORT STOPS SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PLANE TRYING TO TAKE OFF FROM TAXIWAY INSTEAD OF RUNWAY<\/a><\/p>\n

Customers were accommodated on other flights.<\/p>\n

An MCO spokesperson told Fox News Digital the airport is sending its condolences.<\/p>\n

“The MCO community is deeply saddened about the loss of a team member from one of our airline partners, a member of our extended airport family,” the spokesperson said. “We send our condolences to his family and friends.”<\/p>\n

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FILE – It is unclear what led to the fatal wreck, as of Friday afternoon. (Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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The Orlando Police Department<\/a> is conducting the investigation.<\/p>\n

Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.<\/p>\n

She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Delta Airlines employee is dead after an airport tug…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[20371,8812,113944,139,141,140,1798],"class_list":["post-264315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-airlines","tag-airports","tag-departed","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}