TSA Officer Jumps to His Death at Orlando Airport in Apparent Suicide

People wait to get through security at the Orlando International Airport following a security incident on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Passengers on shuttles to gates at Florida's busiest airport had to be brought back for a second screening, bringing security checkpoints to a temporary standstill. A spokeswoman for Orlando International Airport told television station WKMG on Saturday that the passengers were returned in "an abundance of caution" after some passengers may have gotten through the checkpoints without being screened property. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP

An officer from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) fell to his death off a hotel balcony inside Florida’s busiest airport on Feb. 2, creating chaos among passengers who were waiting in line at security checkpoints.

Authorities said the 40-year-old man jumped from the Hyatt Regency Hotel into the atrium area of Orlando International Airport at 9:30 a.m. He was found in a critical condition and later pronounced dead in hospital.