Technician Dies After Being Sucked Into Engine.

[airsupport]

Although this obviously did not happen in Australia or New Zealand, it is a timely reminder of the care that must be exercised around these Engines. :(

You do NOT get a second chance........ :(


Sheremetyevo Technician Dies After Being Sucked into Jet Engine

13.07.2004 18:15 MSK (GMT +3)

MosNews


An employee of the technical maintenance service of the Moscow Sheremetyevo-1 airport died on Tuesday after he got sucked into a Boeing’s jet engine, the Gazeta.Ru Internet newspaper reports.

The incident took place early on Tuesday morning.

The man, whose name was given as Igor Yelfimov, stayed near the engine of the Boeing-737-700 passenger jet when the crew started it. The plane belongs to Kazakhstan’s Air Astana airline.

The airport’s press service has told the newspaper that the reasons behind the incidents were being investigated and that it was too early to draw conclusions. A special commission has been created which was manned by representatives of the Federal Service of Transport Control, the Moscow Air Transport Prosecutor’s Office and the Sheremetyevo Police Directorate.

The aircraft was grounded after the incident.

The passengers were put into a hotel.

[Lindstrim]

I dont mean to take anything away from this incident but didnt this happen quite often on US navy carriers with the A-7? I recall hearing something around the lunch table one day with a guy who works in Air New Zealand.

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From USS Theodore Roosevelt website:
During Operation Desert Storm, John Bridget, a Greenshirt, was sucked into an A-6E's engine while preparing the jet for take-off. Although the plane was lready on the catapult and the engines were running, Bridget was able to crawl out of the engine but collapsed on the flight deck. His only injuries were some scratches. He survived because of his protective suit which destroyed and stopped the engine.
After the accident John Bridget left the Navy.

Filmclip
http://navysite.de/cvn/acc3.mpg

[TIMMEEEE]

The same thing happened some years ago aboard a US Navy Aircraft Carrier.

Unfortunately the poor soul didnt make it and was killed.
His Rolex watch however, although somewhat scratched and spat out the other end at a great rate of knots was still fully functional and returned to the deckhands family.
Ditto with a member of the Space Shuttle Discovery - the same brand of watch found in a working state.

As Starker once said on a Get Smart episode, "the watch took a licking, but it kept on ticking" !!

[itchybum]

It was actually an A-6 Intruder. He survived because the intake narrowed down to a distance less than the width of his shoulders. His helmet was "sucked off" and went through the engine, causing the fire.

Lucky man.

[itchybum]

No, he didn't die. The full clip shows him crawl back out, wander off in a daze then collapse.