Nightmare fuel - airline employee gets sucked into jet engine.

[Lhorn 4,963]

He did NOT survive. 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/alabama-airport-employee-sucked-plane-engine

[RPM 26,354]

Well that sucks.

[Trey3216 15,356]

Choppy New Year

[Bevo 13,601]

I don't know enough about the force of a jet engine. I assume the plane was at idle. Is it enough to lift you into the air or do you need to be directly in front of the engine? Just wondering what he did wrong to get sucked in?

[RPM 26,354]

Non-fatal

 

[Telegraph_it 3,359]

Probably not one of his New Year’s resolutions. 

[Celery Man 20,996]

3 hours ago, Bevo said:

I don't know enough about the force of a jet engine. I assume the plane was at idle. Is it enough to lift you into the air or do you need to be directly in front of the engine? Just wondering what he did wrong to get sucked in?

Walked in front.

 

 

[DaysOff 7,974]

I don't know enough about the force of a jet engine. I assume the plane was at idle. Is it enough to lift you into the air or do you need to be directly in front of the engine? Just wondering what he did wrong to get sucked in?

I'm sure he just walked in front and got pulled by the column of air and lost his balance.

Twenty some years ago at El Paso a Continental mechanic was sucked through an engine during a 70 percent runup test at the gate for all the world to see. There was almost no identifiable parts left. We don't run an engine above idle at a gate anymore.

[JesusSweatDuck 17,810]

3 hours ago, RPM said:

Non-fatal

 

Username and what not

[Celery Man 20,996]

53 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

I'm sure he just walked in front and got pulled by the column of air and lost his balance.

Twenty some years ago at El Paso a Continental mechanic was sucked through an engine during a 70 percent runup test at the gate for all the world to see. There was almost no identifiable parts left. We don't run an engine above idle at a gate anymore.
 

can i ask - do they get on your ass about taxiing on a single engine, and is that (single engine taxi) annoying in any way?

[Pato del Muerto 52,598]

He tried to go past but he mist. 

[Homercles 10,206]

Just now, Celery Man said:

can i ask - do they get on your ass about taxiing on a single engine, and is that (single engine taxi) annoying in any way?

I don’t think they have a choice, it’s a fuel saving practice.  

[Celery Man 20,996]

yeah I understand the reason. I think it's policy but captains have a lot of autonomy of course. I was curious if it does anything weird with steering, is an irksome process to spool them down independently, etc, or if it's just a good practice for fuel efficiency that requires no more than changing habits for pilots who haven't/don't always do that.

[Red Five 40,895]

Here he is, mere moments before his death.

[DaysOff 7,974]

25 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

yeah I understand the reason. I think it's policy but captains have a lot of autonomy of course. I was curious if it does anything weird with steering, is an irksome process to spool them down independently, etc, or if it's just a good practice for fuel efficiency that requires no more than changing habits for pilots who haven't/don't always do that.

I don't single engine taxi because i don't give a fuck about saving fuel. They can take it out of my pension. Oh wait, they stole that already.

[HenryJames 66,171]

[RPM 26,354]

1 hour ago, DaysOff said:

They can take it out of my pension. Oh wait, they stole that already.

Avatar and whatnot

[Ghost of LL 15,539]

This happens once every few years. I’ve also seen a ramper get run over by a tug at TPA. Those things are fucking heavy, and … uh, he didn’t make it.

[Dnaguy 12,061]

 

[RPM 26,354]

15 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

This happens once every few years.

Maybe they should warn them?

[Trey3216 15,356]

1 minute ago, RPM said:

Maybe they should warn them?

The engines?

[RPM 26,354]

1 minute ago, Trey3216 said:

The engines?

About them. Bad juju.

[Lhorn 4,963]

I think this was in the movie Game Night.  IIRC Jason Bateman was being confronted by a guy with a gun on the tarmac near a jet.  Standing only a few feet apart bad guys gets sucked off his feet and into the jet engine.  

[HiggyBaby 2,545]

From https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/envoy-airlines/141019-kmgm-accident-12-31-a.html

Poor soul.

[Homercles 10,206]

Ugh well that’s terrifying.  Wonder if the baggage contractor metrics incentivize getting bags off super-fast, #2 was still running awaiting the GPU hookup (jet bridge not in position yet?), and poor bastard got too close due to being in a hurry.  

[ClubWhatever 12,158]

I’m sure their ground ops training procedures will be heavily scrutinized.

[Red Five 40,895]

"ingested into the engine" isn't something you want in the news story about your death. 

[DaysOff 7,974]

Regional partners typically have outsourced ground services at non hubs. High turnover and less than enthusiastic employees can lead to an accident, yet we had a 20 + year employee at Continental Express walk into a spinning prop in the mid 90s.

[Earl Haffler 597]

It just makes more sense to be fat if you're going to work on the tarmac.

[Wally Pryor 5,263]

27 minutes ago, Red Five said:

"ingested into the engine" isn't something you want in the news story about your death. 

Or your obit.

[conVINCEd 21,469]

Seems like it would be pretty quick.  I can think of a lot of worse ways to go.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,921]

I bet the announcement to the passengers to not look out the right side was very effective.

[RockyMountainHighHorn 896]

7 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I bet the announcement to the passengers to not look out the right side was very effective.

And then being like ohhh no back to the left! Back to the left now!…one more look.

[HiggyBaby 2,545]

16 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

Seems like it would be pretty quick.  I can think of a lot of worse ways to go.

[Your Mom 4,852]

20 hours ago, DaysOff said:

Regional partners typically have outsourced ground services at non hubs. High turnover and less than enthusiastic employees can lead to an accident, yet we had a 20 + year employee at Continental Express walk into a spinning prop in the mid 90s.

I’ve flown with the CA on that flight several times. Great guy, who all parties agreed did everything right that day.   He says he still thinks about it all the time. He wasn’t shy about discussing it and what he learned from it and how it affects his mindset in all tasks this many years later. 

[F250 28,818]

I've been through Montgomery Regional Airport before, it is the size of a Buckees.

[grazinhorn 472]

On 1/1/2023 at 7:57 PM, Earl Haffler said:

It just makes more sense to be fat if you're going to work on the tarmac.

 

Surprised it wasn't a Heart or Hookem reaction

[Assman 1,830]

On 1/1/2023 at 6:01 PM, Homercles said:

Ugh well that’s terrifying.  Wonder if the baggage contractor metrics incentivize getting bags off super-fast, #2 was still running awaiting the GPU hookup (jet bridge not in position yet?), and poor bastard got too close due to being in a hurry.  

He probably didn't know the APU was inop, therefore engines still running during external power hook up.