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US worker crushed while repairing plane in Bahamas

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NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A maintenance worker from Florida has been crushed by a plane he was repairing at the main international airport in the Bahamas.

Police say the unidentified 41-year-old man died Thursday while working on a Beechcraft 1900 plane at Lynden Pindling International Airport.

Police said in a statement that the plane's landing gear collapsed, causing part of the plane to fall.

Authorities are still investigating.

 

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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