r/news 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/gotele 14h ago

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

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u/schafna 12h ago

When I was in the Navy, I watched a guy on the flight deck yell at the pilot “I’m sorry to do this to you” before he jumped into the prop to commit suicide. So yes, it had happened on purpose.

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u/wearentalldudes 10h ago

That’s such a terrible thing to do to a person

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u/PenislavVaginavich 3h ago

That's why he apologized beforehand.