According to what his son informed a news site, the family of a worker who perished on Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance plant close to the Atlanta airport depended on tattoos and a lanyard to identify him because his body was unrecognizable.
At a wheel and brake company, two workers perished as wheel components were being disassembled for repair, including Mirko Marweg, 58. A third employee suffered a critical injury.
Andre Coleman, Marweg’s son, stated to Atlanta’s 11Alive television station on Tuesday that he didn’t think his father was dead and that’s why he wanted to meet him. The family was informed by a medical examiner that the body was unidentifiable.
Coleman claimed that having a Mississippi State lanyard around his neck helped to verify his identification.
According to 11Alive, Marweg, a Stone Mountain, Georgia resident who has worked for Delta for more than 20 years, intended to retire in a few months. Coleman claimed that his father was a devoted man who had assisted in changing Coleman’s motorcycle’s oil just the previous Sunday.
That is the type of father he was. Coleman added, “He was there all the time.
Luis Aldarondo, 37, of Newnan, Georgia, was identified as the second victim by the Clayton County Medical Examiner’s Office. According to an email from a Delta representative named Samantha Moore Facteau, the worker who was critically hurt was still receiving medical attention on Wednesday.
According to Delta, the wheel components that were being disassembled at the time of the explosion were not fastened to a plane.
According to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an inquiry has been launched. There is still no word on what caused the explosion.
The explosion site is part of Delta TechOps, a company that serves over 150 aviation and airline clients worldwide in addition to Delta, providing maintenance, repair, and overhaul services.