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• Clement Charpentreau
A ground worker at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport died after being struck Monday evening by a French Bee Airbus A350-900 during pushback, the airport authority confirmed. The accident caused widespread ground delays, underscoring the severe consequences of apron-safety failures during aircraft movement operations.
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