The aircraft had 'maneuvered to avoid an individual who became visible' shortly after the the Boeing 737 touched down, Southwest Airlines tells ABC News.
A man was struck and killed by a Southwest Airlines plane on the runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas Thursday, according to airport officials.as it was landing on the runway of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport late Thursday, according to airport officials.
Southwest Airlines said in a statement to ABC News that the aircraft"maneuvered to avoid an individual who became visible" shortly after the the Boeing 737 touched down.Austin Police Department's airport unit discovered"an obviously deceased adult male" on the runway, a spokesperson for the police department said.
According to officials, one person is dead after being struck by an airplane landing on a runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on May 7, 2020.The scene was cleared overnight, according to an airport official, and the runway re-opened early Friday morning.
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