Person killed by landing 737 at AUS

[OU Sucks 8855]

Don't know if I missed the post somewhere, but apparently a person was on the runway at AUS and struck by a landing Southwest 737:

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-airport-plane-runway-death/269-6efa66e7-bbf2-4fa7-9131-01058f61f532

[TKthunder2 4992]

These Covid-19 deaths are really starting to pile up.

[Mikey4 2476]

Ugh, that's just plane awful.

[atomheartbevo 89706]

My only question is how the fuck did he haul a treadmill out onto the runway?

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

The regular old auto pedestrian deaths were getting stale. Had to up the game.

[clapclapclap 9000]

Pilot could be charged with a Hit and Runway?

[Surly Bevo 25011]

Wanna Get Away?

[Radical Larry 28634]

You are now free to move about the runway.

[Upgrayedd 5814]

Boop

[juan pantages 124]

was it Steve Martin?

[South Austin 52518]

We have clearance, Clarence.

[Paco 1934]

Roger, Roger

[Pato del Muerto 52510]

Final destination?

[jimmyjazz 45971]

"All you need is LUV . . . "

 

 

[Uncle Boobs 1248]

[millhouse 2610]

Knot how I'd want to go out

[UTexasFight 9463]

“Somebody get that idiot off the runway” - Wally Pryor in the air traffic control tower

[RPM 26322]

 

[Homercles 10206]

[HornsOverIthaca 2333]

Hah.  Nice.  I wanted to post that Pushing Tin clip.

[stone oak 639]

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"I believe there might be a person on the runway," the pilot said to Austin air traffic controllers, in audio provided by LiveATC.net.

"Where exactly do you see the man?," the air traffic controller asked the pilot, who responded, "They are behind us dead af now." 

 

[Celery Man 20966]

[gecko 1104]

he was killed by landing the plane?  that seems odd....

[Neonmoon 38129]

Well he's never going to the head of a corporation. 

[Shaggy3.0 1695]

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[Pescado_Rojo 19421]

Bath Salts 

[mchookem 16336]

how are you not able to see and get out of the way of a landing plane? 😐

[Hpara759 1780]

9 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Bath Salts 

i'm going with K2

[4th&Five 41558]

I’m guessing the dude looks even worse. Ouch. 
 

[Fuck Tim Beck 3834]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

I’m guessing the dude looks even worse. Ouch. 
 

He was really thrust in to the spotlight 

[usmc0331horn 953]

Across a fucking runway?

[Prepuce of Doom 21079]

Some of these jokes are going over my head. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

So I have to take my shoes off to board a plane, but some yahoo can just wander onto a runway? 

[TornACL 7698]

Dude didn't understand what it meant to catch a plane. 

[Guest Lobo]

Frank Abegnale went out on his own terms.  And I respect that.  

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

it could happen to anyone

[Brisketexan 105154]

Shortly after they opened ABIA as an airport, I was driving down that stretch of 183 one morning and saw one of the most gorgeous bucks I've ever seen -- 12 points, thick as hell, walking just inside the fence.  I always worried about him getting hit by a plane, but never heard about a deer strike out there.  I kinda figured he was the lone buck locked in there when they sealed the fence, and if he was lucky, he had a few does in there, and he had a coupla years of bliss with no competition.

I probably thought about that deer way more than I should have.

[Wally Fairway 5550]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

I’m guessing the dude looks even worse. Ouch. 
 

I've seen worse

 

[SuperSport 1333]

2 hours ago, mchookem said:

how are you not able to see and get out of the way of a landing plane? 😐

Maybe it was inverted.

[FondrenRoad 4378]

16 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

I've seen worse

 

Crazily, that sailor survived with relatively minor injuries.  

Edited May 8, 2020 by FondrenRoad

[Wally Fairway 5550]

3 hours ago, mchookem said:

how are you not able to see and get out of the way of a landing plane? 😐

 

58 minutes ago, SuperSport said:

Maybe it was inverted.

or maybe it was in stealth mode
maybe it was Wonder Woman in her invisible jet
 

[DaysOff 7951]

Crazily, that sailor survived with relatively minor injuries.  

The Continental mechanic in ELP did not.

[clapclapclap 9000]

RIP HItByAPlane

(Took ground crews 2 hours to clean up all the socks scattered about.)

 

[TwiceHorn 31495]

1 hour ago, FondrenRoad said:

Crazily, that sailor survived with relatively minor injuries.  

Holy fuck.  I might expect that from an F14 or F18  or something at higher throttle, but an A6 presumably idling in the chocks?

I guess he got stuck in the intake, blocked the airflow and caused that flameout instead of getting sucked into the compressor and blown out in flaming chunks.

[crash_davis 23113]

audio of the plane and the tower.

apparently, they didn't know they hit him until they pulled up to the gate.

 

Edited May 8, 2020 by crash_davis

[crash_davis 23113]

from reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/gfujt5/cvratc_audio_of_the_runway_incident_last_night/

 

DarkSpartan

Score hidden·1 hour ago

I work at the airport. A call came over our radios, requesting that all people on the channel report in for a roll call. I didn't think much of it, but later on in the evening I had a service call outside and saw a column of police cars on the runway. I drove around the ramp and found the jet blocked off with police tape and surrounded by emergency vehicles.

I know some of the guys in airport ops. I hope they're doing all right.

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UnlivedPhalanx

Score hidden·1 hour ago

How do they deplane in these types of circumstances?

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blimeyfool

Score hidden·1 hour ago

Like normal. The damage wasn't discovered until the plane was at the gate.

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UnlivedPhalanx

Score hidden·59 minutes ago

Interesting. I'm surprised they didn't hear it. A 100kg object striking the plane is sure to make some noise.

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blimeyfool

Score hidden·56 minutes ago

Maybe, maybe not. If you listen to the audio, they didn't know they had hit him just that they had seen him just after touching down. Not only are the engines really loud, the pilots are wearing noise canceling headphones. You'd be surprised what those those block out.

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UnlivedPhalanx

Score hidden·55 minutes ago

It's terrifying what mass and velocity we play around with casually on an airport runway.

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zimm3rmann

Score hidden·59 minutes ago

I believe they used a normal gate.

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DarkSpartan

Score hidden·52 minutes ago

Can confirm. I found the aircraft at one of the terminal gates, parked like normal. The only difference was the police cordon.

[Armybrat 40850]

13 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

“Somebody get that idiot off the runway” - Wally Pryor in the air traffic control tower

There were several drunk idiots running around on the runway at old Mueller Airport in 1969 when the Horns’ charter flight returned from the Game of the Century in Arkansas. About 10,000 more were literally swarming all over & on top of the open concourse and parking apron  when the plane taxied up outside the terminal. Scared the bejesus out out DKR when he came halfway down the rear airstair & then ran back in the plane. Lol

One of the most awesome raucous scenes/events in Longhorn history.

[elguapo 4586]

Ho Lee Fuk

[RPM 26322]

The deceased has been identified as George Kaplan.

[Orange&White 5528]

Interesting that APD Homicide is the lead investigative unit.

Also pretty fucking big indictment against ABIA security that someone could be on the fucking runway during operations and they didn't know it.