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Engineer sucked into Jet Engine

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'The only comfort for the engineer's family and colleagues was that he would have died very quickly and not known much about it.'
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however

His screams were drowned out by the roar of the jets.
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From the sound of it, the engineer did know much about it.
 
Originally posted by: Chompman
Must had been wearing a cape.

Sorry but just saw that movie the other day. 😛
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Haha, how ironically appropriate.

Yes, the guy that got sucked into the A-6 and lived... his helmet went in first, blowing the engine, and his jacket got sucked over his head, shielding him from shrapnel, then he was just kinda lodged in there, they said he came extremely close to the blades. I remember watching the video of it... that thing pulled him in there like he was a ragdoll that weighed no more than a couple of grams, extremely frightening/impressive. He was pulled in just a couple seconds after ignition.
 
OMG
that is horrible.

How can they say he went fast? No way....seeing those blades as you
are sucked in and hacked to pieces? What is comforting about that?
 
Originally posted by: lavagirl669
OMG
that is horrible.

How can they say he went fast? No way....seeing those blades as you
are sucked in and hacked to pieces? What is comforting about that?
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I'd say there's probably a half a second between pick-up and chop-up, not a lot of time to do any lookin'.
 
Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
It takes a while for a jet engine to spool up and get any suckage going on. I don't see how the guy could have failed to notice all the starting gear doing its stuff when he was there. Maybe the engine was on but idleing, and the pilot firewalled the throttle with the guy in front . . . I don't see it going from a cold start to dicing a guy.
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agreed... there's something called momentum and inertia

ppl who did not take any science don't always appreciate such subtleties though...
 

This even a real website? It reminds me of the Weekly World News with its ugly red colors and 1995 web styling
 
Originally posted by: dighn
:Q

i remember seeing something on tv about a guy who got sucked through an engine and somehow survived. he didn't look messed up either.
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If he got sucked through the engine he would have been diced up by the turbines and fried to a crisp.
 
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: lavagirl669
OMG
that is horrible.

How can they say he went fast? No way....seeing those blades as you
are sucked in and hacked to pieces? What is comforting about that?
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I'd say there's probably a half a second between pick-up and chop-up, not a lot of time to do any lookin'.
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For him, it was a lifetime.

Time perception slows down in an accident.
 
Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: dighn
:Q

i remember seeing something on tv about a guy who got sucked through an engine and somehow survived. he didn't look messed up either.
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If he got sucked through the engine he would have been diced up by the turbines and fried to a crisp.
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Read the thread.
 
Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: dighn
:Q

i remember seeing something on tv about a guy who got sucked through an engine and somehow survived. he didn't look messed up either.
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If he got sucked through the engine he would have been diced up by the turbines and fried to a crisp.
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yeah but you are WRONG.

heh read the thread. the guy they are talking about lived.

I remember seeing it on "real TV". it was amazing that guy lived.
 
the A6 was a freak thing... we dunno why he was spared.. they still show this video in Naval Saftey meetings alot when talking abought flight deck safety...
by all accounts he shoulda been ginsue...

I have see other peeps sucked up into A6s and A7s.. its not a pretty site... think blender....
 
His vest got caught on a sensor that the engine uses to measure intake air velocity. That's what kept him from going through. I hope the guy got a new pair of pants after that one, he probably needed it.
 
A fairly unknown incident of this happened on United Airlines flight 811, when the forward cargo door opened in-flight and took out a few rows of passengers. Some of these passengers ended up flying out of the plane and into the engine Upon landing, there were still body parts in it.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
A fairly unknown incident of this happened on United Airlines flight 811, when the forward cargo door opened in-flight and took out a few rows of passengers. Some of these passengers ended up flying out of the plane and into the engine Upon landing, there were still body parts in it.
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:camera:'s pls. 😀
 
Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
It takes a while for a jet engine to spool up and get any suckage going on. I don't see how the guy could have failed to notice all the starting gear doing its stuff when he was there. Maybe the engine was on but idleing, and the pilot firewalled the throttle with the guy in front . . . I don't see it going from a cold start to dicing a guy.
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having worked around fighters for 10 years you are full of crap as they say...
a starting jet engine is just as dangerous as a idling engine..
In the US Navy we have many many many safetys in place to make sure our crews stay clear during starts and idles...

a starting engine builds alot of suction very fast as it is spooling up...
this is a very dangerous time to be near an engine.
 
Originally posted by: Chompman
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
A fairly unknown incident of this happened on United Airlines flight 811, when the forward cargo door opened in-flight and took out a few rows of passengers. Some of these passengers ended up flying out of the plane and into the engine Upon landing, there were still body parts in it.
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:camera:'s pls. 😀
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United 811 damage
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
A fairly unknown incident of this happened on United Airlines flight 811, when the forward cargo door opened in-flight and took out a few rows of passengers. Some of these passengers ended up flying out of the plane and into the engine Upon landing, there were still body parts in it.
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I remember hearing about that. pretty sad event. now is it better to fall to your death or get cut into little peices?
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
A fairly unknown incident of this happened on United Airlines flight 811, when the forward cargo door opened in-flight and took out a few rows of passengers. Some of these passengers ended up flying out of the plane and into the engine Upon landing, there were still body parts in it.
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I remember hearing about that. pretty sad event. now is it better to fall to your death or get cut into little peices?
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People have survived unassisted freefalls.

I'd take my bet with terminal velocity kicking in and having a better chance.
 
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