A member of an airline ground crew working at an Alabama airport died Saturday afternoon in an accident at the facility.

The American Airlines/Piedmont Airlines employee died in an �industrial accident� around 3 p.m., Montgomery Regional Airport said in a statement.

�We are saddened to hear about the tragic loss of a team member of the AA/Piedmont Airlines,� airport Executive Director Wade Davis said in the statement.

The airport said in a Twitter post that normal operations resumed at 8:30 p.m. and an FAA investigation into the incident is ongoing.

According to reports, the unnamed worker was sucked into an airplane engine.

(AP/YWN)