A worker was killed Monday after being struck by a vehicle on the Charlotte Douglas International Airport ramp, the paved area adjacent to gates where planes park to load passengers.

A worker was struck and killed Monday morning at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, airport officials say.

The aircraft going to Columbia, South Carolina, was moving backwards away from a gate onto the taxiway ... due to a report of smoke, Charlotte Douglas International Airport confirmed.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An American Airlines employee was killed Monday in a vehicle accident at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport ramp, the paved area adjacent to gates where planes park to load ...