FILE: A Delta Air Lines Airbus is serviced at the gate at Salt Lake City International Airport in 2015.
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SLCPD released a timeline of the incident, which the department said began when a branch manager at the airport contacted airport control center dispatchers at approximately 9:52 p.m. Monday to report a passenger-related “disturbance.” Before SLCPD officers could locate him, airport security said Efinger had entered the tarmac through an emergency exit door.
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When officers arrived at the plane at 10:08 p.m., Efinger was unconscious and partially in a wing-mounted engine, the department said. “The plane’s engines were spinning. The specific phase of engine operation remains under investigation,” SLCPD wrote.
Authorities said they removed Efinger from the engine and began life-saving measures, including CPR and the use of naloxone, a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose. Efinger died soon afterwards. SLCPD said it will work with the coroner's office to confirm the cause and manner of death.
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