The parents of a man who died after climbing into a live jet engine at Salt Lake City International Airport filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Salt Lake City late last month.
According to the complaint, the incident was the result of alleged failures in airport security, monitoring and emergency response. The lawsuit was filed in Utah’s Third Judicial District Court and claims the city did not take adequate steps to prevent unauthorized access to the tarmac or to alert air traffic control and pilots that a disoriented individual was on the airfield.
According to the filing, Kyler Efinger, 30, passed through airport security on Jan. 1, 2024 on his way to visit a sick grandparent in Denver. The lawsuit states that Efinger, who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder,…
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