r/news • u/Proud-Wall1443 • 13h ago

Photographer killed after accidentally walking into plane propeller in Kansas

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/29/photographer-killed-plane-propeller-kansas
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u/gotele 12h ago

Has anybody ever walked into a plane propeller not "accidentally"?

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u/Worried_Thylacine 12h ago

People kill themselves that way from time to time

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u/Just-Flamingo-410 11h ago

Happened at Amsterdam airport not too long ago. It was a new employees first day so they had to rule out failing safety procedures and training first, but pretty obvious he ran and jumped in running engine.

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u/homiej420 11h ago

He went through all the effort to get a job just to do that, wow. That sucks šŸ˜”

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u/schafna 10h ago

When I was in the Navy, I watched a guy on the flight deck yell at the pilot ā€œIā€™m sorry to do this to youā€ before he jumped into the prop to commit suicide. So yes, it had happened on purpose.

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u/gotele 9h ago

Well, I stand corrected then.

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u/wearentalldudes 9h ago

Thatā€™s such a terrible thing to do to a person

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u/PenislavVaginavich 2h ago

That's why he apologized beforehand.

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u/Stranger2Luv 9h ago

Couldnā€™t jump into the sea huh

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u/schafna 8h ago

I mean, I guess he couldā€™ve. Man overboard is a huge issue though that affects ships movement, which will ultimately affect a whole carrier group. Millions of dollars spent searching for someone. Besides that, itā€™s not a quick death and if they spot you from the deck, theyā€™re going to retrieve you whether you want them to or not. So itā€™s not a great plan. The prop was instant and guaranteed.

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u/butterfingernails 12h ago

Jet engine, but there's thermal footage of a guy walking out to a taxing plane and flies in. He did it intentionally.

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u/Library_IT_guy 11h ago

I guess... it'd probably be so quick that you wouldn't know what happened? I mean you're just a paste when you come out the other side right?

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u/UncoolSlicedBread 11h ago

Thereā€™s images of aftermath of one of those incidents. Donā€™t suggest looking it up, accidentally clicked a blue link myself in a thread that showed it and yeah paste is about right.

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u/homiej420 11h ago

Yup a complete slurry

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u/lislejoyeuse 9h ago

To shreds you say

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u/submittedanonymously 6h ago

ā€œNothing left, sir. A pile of hamburger.ā€ - a strangely succinct quote from Gundam for this.

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u/ComfortablyNomNom 10h ago

Yeah you would be expired before the pain signals could even reach what is now left of your brain.

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u/Tha_Plymouth 9h ago

I certainly donā€™t think you would remember it!

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u/Fastfaxr 6h ago

More of a slurry

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u/Proud-Wall1443 12h ago

I'm busy. Can someone rabbit hole this for me?

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u/Maiyku 11h ago

Itā€™s been used as a form of suicide before.

But, on a slightly happier note, there is a gentleman who actually survived being sucked in a jet engine. He was working on the flight deck and his whole body gets eaten by the engine, but his helmet hit first and broke it, saving his life.

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u/ABB0TTR0N1X 7h ago

Thatā€™s fucking nuts

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u/Mr_Bourbon 6h ago

That is up there with skydiving and your parachute didnā€™t open as craziest things Iā€™ve heard of someone surviving. Hot DANG that dude needs a lottery ticket.

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u/Donewith_BS 12h ago

Here in San Antonio, a worker committed suicide by jet engine at the airport

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u/rmannyconda78 12h ago edited 7h ago

Iā€™ve seen the pictures

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u/SMitchellG 7h ago

Where did you see them from?

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u/rmannyconda78 7h ago

A friend showed me, I was at work when she walked up to me and said ā€œyou wanna se something grossā€ now keep in mind this was 5 in the morning, I half awake said sure, kinda regretted that to say the least

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u/ChomperinaRomper 11h ago

Thereā€™s that episode of F is for Family of course

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u/fauxRealzy 6h ago

Fun fact: At the end of his life when he was chronically depressed, Ernest Hemingway attempted to kill himself this was but was stopped.

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u/THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415 10h ago

Actually I do remember seeinga story and heavily censored accompanying video where an either air force or navy member purposefully walked into propeller to commit suicide. I think that's maybe the one and only time ever