Family still has 'no answers' as to why airport worker died

Swissport Ireland Limited was fined €250,000 after the company admitted failing to ensure the safety and welfare of people at work on the morning in question

Dublin Airport, where a man died in a workplace accident five years ago. File Picture.

The widow of a man who died after a workplace fall at Dublin Airport five years ago has told a court that she is left with no answers as to why her husband died.

Richard Gracey, 64, of Balbriggan, Co Dublin, was unloading cargo from a plane on November 24, 2018 when he fell headfirst five metres to the ground and suffered fatal injuries. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the main deck loader, a moving platform for unloading cargo, was 2.7m away from the aircraft door when Mr Gracey fell and that this gap should have been no more than three inches.