{"id":122403,"date":"2025-11-26T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=122403"},"modified":"2025-11-25T22:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:17:06","slug":"american-airlines-boeing-787-pilots-hit-wing-walker-at-dfw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/26\/american-airlines-boeing-787-pilots-hit-wing-walker-at-dfw\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines Boeing 787 Pilots Hit Wing Walker at DFW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FORT WORTH-<\/strong> A wing walker lost his life on November 12, 2025, when struck by the engine of an arriving American Airlines (AA)<\/a> Boeing 787 at Dallas\/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aviation watchdog JonNYC first broke the news on X (formerly Twitter) and later shared graphic video of the incident that is difficult for many viewers to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: By Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia – American Airlines, N808AN, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=87549777<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

American Airlines 787 Hit Wing Walker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to View from the Wing<\/a>, these tragedies occur more often than the traveling public imagines. For an industry obsessed with safety, fatal collisions and engine ingestions on the ramp represent a surprisingly non-zero event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JonNYC subsequently released a video confirming the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At DFW on Wednesday, I'm being told a wing walker was run into\/over by the engine of an arriving AA plane, at least that's the details I've heard.<\/p>— JonNYC (@xJonNYC) November 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>