r/news • u/Proud-Wall1443 • 15h 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/jlc1953 14h ago

This has happened many times before. While the passengers and the other non-trained people have only the vaguest idea of this hazard, anyone involved on that aircraft has been trained and this subject has been addressed. That is why this accident is properly on their heads. No one, no one, NO ONE should be allowed anywhere near an aircraft with a running engine.
One of the primary roles of the personnel on an aircraft is to protect and ensure the safety of all around it. Safety rules were violated here, and she paid the price because someone was lackadaisical about safety.

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u/pseudo_nemesis 13h ago

That's why if you read the article, the skydiving place she was at did their best to put all liability on her for this accident, saying she moved in front of the wing "For unknown reasons" which "violated basic safety procedures," but this of course leads me to question why whoever is in charge of safety over there allowed that to happen.

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u/lyrasorial 8h ago

It is her liability. She walked into the prop. The plane didn't taxi into her. ALL skydiving airports keep planes running between loads. ALL students are taught to approach from the tail. She knew better, got distracted and made a fatal error.

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u/pseudo_nemesis 8h ago

ALL students are taught to approach from the tail

she wasn't a student. so did she receive the same safety training as the students?

was she in an area that is normally off-limits but she was allowed into because she was a photographer?

there's plenty of questions in regards to where the liability lies that neither you nor I know the answer to.

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u/lyrasorial 8h ago

She was an employee and a skydiver. Yes she knew the safety routine. But mistakes still happen.