ATLANTA — (AP) — The physique of a employee who died Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Strains upkeep facility close to the Atlanta airport was unrecognizable, and the household relied on tattoos and a lanyard to determine him, his son instructed a information outlet.

Mirko Marweg, 58, was amongst two employees who died whereas wheel parts have been being disassembled for upkeep at a wheel and brake store. A 3rd employee was severely injured.

Marweg’s son, Andre Coleman, instructed Atlanta’s 11Alive information station on Tuesday that he wished to see his father as a result of he did not consider he was lifeless. However a medical expert instructed the household the physique was unrecognizable.

A Mississippi State lanyard round his neck helped affirm his identification, Coleman stated.

Marweg, who lived in Stone Mountain, Georgia, labored for Delta for greater than 20 years and was planning to retire in a couple of months, in response to 11Alive. Coleman stated his father was a loving man who simply Sunday had helped change the oil in Coleman’s motorbike.

“That’s the type of dad he was. He was all the time there,” Coleman stated.

The Clayton County Medical Examiner’s Workplace recognized the second sufferer as Luis Aldarondo, 37, of Newnan, Georgia. The employee who was severely injured remained below medical care Wednesday, Delta spokesperson Samantha Moore Facteau stated in an e-mail.

Delta stated beforehand the wheel elements that have been being disassembled when the explosion occurred weren’t hooked up to a aircraft on the time.

The federal Occupational Security and Well being Administration stated it opened an investigation. The reason for the explosion has not been launched.

The ability the place the explosion occurred is a part of Delta TechOps, which performs upkeep, restore and overhaul work for Delta and greater than 150 aviation and airline clients all over the world.

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