A man who was found dead inside a plane's engine at Salt Lake City International Airport earlier this month tried to open a secure door inside the building before running across the tarmac toward the plane as it taxied. He was seen on surveillance camera footage.
Kyler Effinger, 30, was killed on January 1 after first responders found him unconscious inside an engine attached to the wing of an occupied commercial aircraft on an airport de-icing pad. died on the day. Police said the plane's engine was not running at the time.
A store manager at the airport reported a disturbance involving passengers on the secure side of the terminal just before 10 a.m., and investigators later determined that the man had exited through an emergency exit door and entered the airport ramp area.
Security footage obtained by FOX13 Salt Lake City Effinger is shown running around the airport. At one point, he is seen trying to open a door from the terminal to the boarding bridge.
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The man was seen trying to open a secure door from the terminal to the boarding bridge. (Salt Lake City Airport, via KSTU)
After being unable to open the door, he banged on a glass window overlooking the tarmac and threw his shoe against the glass, according to the video. He was then seen kicking open the stairwell door and running down the stairs.
A man was seen throwing a shoe at a glass window. (Salt Lake City Airport, via KSTU)
Thermal imaging cameras also showed a man running across the runway towards the plane as it taxied, before the video abruptly ended.
The man was seen running toward the plane as it taxied on the tarmac. (Salt Lake City Airport, via KSTU)
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At about 10:10 a.m., emergency personnel removed Effinger from the engine intake cowl and, despite life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Effinger's cause of death has not yet been announced, but his family told FOX13 Salt Lake City they believe he may have experienced a mental health crisis while traveling to Denver to visit his sick grandfather. .
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“He was detained by security, he missed his flight, he got a phone call and I just knew he was going to get a call,” his father, Jud Effinger, told the station. “They call it manic. Those are never good endings for him. Obviously this time is the worst ever.”
