A Southwest Airlines tug went through a wall and into an employee break room at the Fort Lauderdale airport on Monday. Someone on social media writes, “did someone say there’s fresh doughnuts in the ready room!!?”
Airport tugs often malfunction. Frequently an employee will notice something wrong with it towards the end of their shift but fail to red tag it. This can have dangerous consequences – last summer a malfunctioning tug was suspected in the death of a ramp worker though an investigation ultimately concluded that there wasn’t a mechanical failure.