Originally Posted by
pattern_is_full
True - but so is a freight train. And how many people
still die thinking they can beat the train to the crossing?
As to the crew, at 130+ kts, I doubt they saw more than a shape flashing under the nose.
You have to be very near the center of the runway to get hit by the plane. With landing lights on they would have seen the person. Not enough time to avoid them but they certainly should have been able to realize it was a human.