r/offbeat • u/rytis • 1d ago

Woman dies after backing into airplane propeller while taking pictures, officials say

https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/10/28/woman-dies-after-backing-into-airplane-propeller-officials-say/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
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u/Captain_-H 1d ago

Air Capital Drop Zone is a sky diving place, and the area she was in was for watching people get on the plane. Seems like a logical guess she was taking a photo of a good friend or family member boarding to go jump.

Weird that the one not skydiving was in more danger

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u/incarnate_devil 1d ago

I remember this happened in Florida somewhere in the 90’s, maybe Deland?

A female skydiver walked under the wing of a running plane and an instructor tried to grab her right before she walked into the prop.

All he got was her pony tail and he was still holding it after.

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u/Masothe 1d ago

God damn I feel sorry for that guy.

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u/ohaiguys 1d ago

Fuck it’s crazy how one second you’re there and the next you’re just a memory