Airline Ground Crew Employee Dies At San Antonio Airport
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Airline Ground Crew Employee Dies At San Antonio Airport
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the incident happened on Friday at around 10:25 p.m. when Delta Flight 1111 arrived at the San Antonio International Airport from Los Angeles and was taxiing to the gate on one engine. That's when a worker was ingested into the engine.
https://news4sanantonio.com/news/loc...ragic-accident
https://news4sanantonio.com/news/loc...ragic-accident
There was one in the 1990s with a prop. So unexplainable considering the individuals' experience and character some surmised it might have been a way to check out whilst making appearance of accident
Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled on Monday that the worker’s death was ruled a suicide.
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The first responders, pathologists, morticians and relatives will be much less distressed if you jump off a bridge, and your last moments will be less excruciating.
I'm guessing you have never felt suicidal, if you believe that any of those consideration are uppermost in the mind of someone who does.
I have great sympathy and compassion for those who are so devoid of hope that they take their own lives. It is tragic
I also have great sympathy for the poor souls who have to deal with the aftermath and the consequences. It is horrific in any case. This case will be especially traumatic for those who witnessed it and are involved in the aftermath.
The tragedy of suicide does not end with the act - it opens a new chapter for many people.
Take care folks
OH
I also have great sympathy for the poor souls who have to deal with the aftermath and the consequences. It is horrific in any case. This case will be especially traumatic for those who witnessed it and are involved in the aftermath.
The tragedy of suicide does not end with the act - it opens a new chapter for many people.
Take care folks
OH
There is a far greater risk of ingesting something during single engine taxi, when approaching the gate with both engines running, idle thrust will usually keep you rolling along at a suitable speed with very minor brake and power applications needed.
However when taxiing on one engine, significant power applications are needed if you let the speed get to low or have to come to a stop and start moving again.
However when taxiing on one engine, significant power applications are needed if you let the speed get to low or have to come to a stop and start moving again.
There is a far greater risk of ingesting something during single engine taxi, when approaching the gate with both engines running, idle thrust will usually keep you rolling along at a suitable speed with very minor brake and power applications needed.
However when taxiing on one engine, significant power applications are needed if you let the speed get to low or have to come to a stop and start moving again.
However when taxiing on one engine, significant power applications are needed if you let the speed get to low or have to come to a stop and start moving again.
I feel for the crew that is going to dismantle the engine for the FOD repair. That is going to be very sad work.
What an odd way to take your life...
Makes me wonder if they'd be better off simply scrapping the engine than put staff through such an experience, though the logical side of me says the core likely suffered little to no damage and the beancounter mindset would prevail.
Rather than “putting staff through such an experience,” just designate this engine inspection/repair as a volunteer (I don't mean unpaid) maintenance action. There are many folks in society that frequently deal with this type of fatality aftermath; e.g., police, fire/EMT, doctors, restoration services, etc.
There are many folks in society that frequently deal with this type of fatality aftermath; e.g., police, fire/EMT, doctors, restoration services, etc.
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Even Hollywood has noted this specialty ....the character "Mr. Wolfe" in Pulp Fiction (1994, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, and Uma Thurman).
Suicide like this has happened before:-
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/237229
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/237229
An interesting side note - while always tragic, rather counterintuitively the rate of human ingestion events is far lower now than before the introduction of big, high bypass engines. The rate of the JT8D on the 737 Jurassic was particularly bad (although with inlet guide vans, it wasn't automatically fatal).
Apparently the risk with a big bypass engine is obvious enough to make people be automatically more cautious around them when running.
Apparently the risk with a big bypass engine is obvious enough to make people be automatically more cautious around them when running.