A flight information sign at the newly renovated Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Ala., fell on a mother and her three children Friday afternoon, killing one child and injuring the mother and her two other children.BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Airport officials looking into why a flight information panel fell on a family and killed a 10-year-old boy took down an identical sign on Saturday.
Officials at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport removed the panel a day after a sign fell on Luke Bresette, of Overland Park, Kan., killing him.
His mother was severely injured and two of his siblings were also hospitalized. The children were being treated at Children’s of Alabama. Their mother, Heather Bresette, was taken to University Hospital, where spokeswoman Nicole Wyatt said she is in critical condition.
Firefighters estimated the panel, which displayed arrival and departure times, weighed 300 to 400 pounds. It was located in a recently renovated terminal that includes two concourses.
The airport completed the first phase of a more than $201 million modernization effort and opened newly renovated concourses about a week ago.