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An airport worker in Northern California won $20 million from a scratcher he bought on his lunch break. Durwin Hickman, a skycap at a Bay Area airport, plans to use the money to buy a house for his wife. The store that sold the winning ticket will receive a $100,000 bonus.
An airport worker in California won $20 million from a scratch-off ticket he purchased during his lunch break. Durwin Hickman, a skycap at an airport, bought the Set for Life! ticket at L & M Liquor in Hayward. After uncovering the word "LIFE" on the ticket, he realized he had won the top prize. Hickman plans to use the money to buy a house for his wife. L&M Liquor will receive a $100,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
A security officer at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the Philippines was caught on video allegedly swallowing $300 in cash that she had snatched from a tourist. The officer denied stealing the money and claimed she was eating chocolate. The Office for Transportation Security (OTS) has launched an investigation into the incident and has suspended the officer. The OTS is pursuing both an administrative and criminal case against her. Preventive measures have been implemented at the airport following the incident.
An American Airlines worker died after being injured at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas. The worker was driving a service vehicle that struck a jet bridge, and police are investigating the incident as an accident. This is not the first fatal injury to occur at an airport, with similar incidents happening in recent years involving commercial airplanes and airport workers. American Airlines expressed condolences to the worker's family and declined to comment further.
An American Airlines worker died after being injured in an accident involving a service vehicle and a jet bridge at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The incident is being investigated as an accident, and there were no significant impacts on airport operations. Work around commercial airplanes has resulted in other fatal injuries in recent years.
A woman who left her AirPods on a United Airlines plane tracked them down to an airport worker's home using the device's geo-tracking feature after an employee failed to return them to her. She marked the AirPods as lost and involved law enforcement after struggling to get them back from United Airlines. The employee denied having the gadgets but later said he had been given them by one of the airport cleaners. The devices were eventually returned to her after 12 days. The case is being handled by the San Francisco Airport Police Department.
A woman left her Apple AirPods on a plane and tracked them down to an airport worker's home with the help of a detective at San Mateo police force. The worker claimed that he received the headphones from a cleaner who denied knowledge of the situation. The AirPods were returned to the owner 12 days later, but they were damaged. United Airlines compensated the owner with $271 and 5,000 air miles. The airline confirmed that the worker was employed by a vendor and not the airline.