A worker was seriously injured Saturday while helping upright a storm-damaged aircraft inside a hangar at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), fire officials said.
The small plane was flipped by Friday’s storms
According to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, the incident happened just after 12 p.m. as a towing company attempted to upright a plane that had flipped during Friday’s fast-moving thunderstorm.
As the plane was being lifted, one of its wings came down on a worker, causing serious, but not life-threatening, injuries. He was transported to Broward Health Medical Center. Authorities said he did not lose consciousness.
The aircraft had been one of several damaged by the severe weather that swept through Broward County Friday evening.
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