[T.B. Yoits]

Another tragic death which appears similar to the one back in December 2022 at Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama. Training, procedures, new staff, higher workload due to fewer staff?

[PAR35]

Looks like it was an Airbus A319. LAX to SAT.

[SamAdams76]

This keeps happening. One must always stay away from aircraft engines.

[Zuriel]

Suicide? Maybe thinking it would be a very quick death. Head first it certainly would.

[Rural_Michigan]

Again??

Air travel will soon not be worth the risk.

[NWFree]

Cleanup at gate 4

[ducttape45]

What a horrible way to go. Man, that’s terrible!

[gundog]

...a ground worker.

Pretty much.

[Regulator]

Outsourcing

[Sparky1776]

Covid.

[libh8er]

The painted spiral exists for a reason - so a ground crew member can tell if the engine is running.

[bort]

THC.

[libh8er]

After a man in China was sucked into an engine.

Caution -- very graphic.

photo

[Pollard]

https://unifiservice.com/refugees/

Page title: Refugees and Newcomers

They’re very proud to offer jobs to non-natives

[wgmalabama]

Mops and squeegee to gate 4.

[HamiltonJay]

2 in less than a year. I can’t recall the last time I heard of this happening before these 2

I know it has happened but I jus front recall it being something that was remotely that frequent

[CivilWarBrewing]

How come you rule out SUICIDE?

Death would come as quick as a ride on an OceanGate sub!

[grimalkin]

Many years ago, I worked on the tarmac. It was one of my first jobs, and I was still in school. They stressed the importance of staying away from those engines and being constantly alert to the presence of FOD.

[mabarker1]

Click the Pic.

[jocon307]

Oh my goodness, I saw this article elsewhere and did not realize this had happened AGAIN.

That Dec, 2022 incident has been in the news (probably because a law suit was filed, but not sure). So I thought this was an article about that.

The poor person, may G-d rest their soul.

[noiseman]

Spinning props are lethal as well. Years ago when I was an airport operations intern, I was talking to one of the older, experienced line guys at one of the FBOs. He was telling me stories about some of the crazy things he had experienced, and told me about one time when he was guiding a King Air in to park on the ramp. It was a cold winter night, and the pavement was icy. As the aircraft got close to him he slipped and fell flat on his back, right in the path of the left engine. The aircraft moved a few more feet forward and stopped, with the prop spinning right above him. He said he just tried to lay perfectly still until they shut down the engine. Had to be really hairy, because I don’t think that prop clears the ground by more than maybe 3 or 4 feet. He said the crew didn’t know that he had fallen (not that they could have done much anyway).

Of course, many people have accidentally walked into props, with fatal results. If you’re not paying attention, they can be harder to see than a jet engine with a visible nacelle.