The Orlando International Airport tram where a man was ejected Friday morning is now back in service.
Officials said they replaced the windshield, tested the tram, and after deeming it safe, put it back in service just before 7:00 this morning.
A passenger at the airport told us there were guards inside the tram who were ushering people on and setting up barriers so people could not get close to the sliding doors.
On Friday, a man went through the windshield of the tram after it made an emergency stop. The man's identity has not been officially confirmed or released.
The tram is an automated people mover that connects the main terminal building of the airport to the gates.
Bombardier, which operates and maintains the train system, had two employees on the tram at the time of the incident to perform a daily manual routine maintenance inspection.
Two passengers were also on the tram. According to OIA spokesperson Carolyn Fennell, they were travelers whose plane had just landed, and they also happened to be friends of the Bombardier workers.
Fennell said airport officials believe one of the tram operators let a passenger “drive” the tram when it was in manual mode. When the passenger let go of the handle, the tram immediately made an emergency stop.
One of the two passengers was ejected through the windshield of the tram and fell 15 feet from the elevated railway, a report states. The tram was going between 5 and 10 mph, according to Fennell.
The passenger was transported to Florida Hospital East, where he later died.
Bombardier said its rules state no one other than employees should be in the front compartment of the tram during maintenance.
OSHA has been contacted but as of now they will not be investigating the case because the person who died was not an employee or working at the time of the incident.
The Florida Department of Transportation and Orlando Police have both been contacted and are looking into the case.