Mechanic sucked into jet engine

[Mucho]

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[leftyman]

smoothie 😀

 

[mpitts]

Sucks.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: mpitts
Sucks.

literally sucked in, then blown out. 🙁

 

[SuperSix]

I f I *had* to choose a way to die, getting sucked into a jet engine wouldn't be a bad way to go - instant death, no pain.

Looks like he didn't have a choice though. :brokenheart:🙁

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: SuperSix
I f I *had* to choose a way to die, getting sucked into a jet engine wouldn't be a bad way to go - instant death, no pain.

Looks like he didn't have a choice though. :brokenheart:🙁

Have you ever done it? You can't guarantee it'll be instant...

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: SuperSix
I f I *had* to choose a way to die, getting sucked into a jet engine wouldn't be a bad way to go - instant death, no pain.

Looks like he didn't have a choice though. :brokenheart:🙁

Are you sure its instant death? There is no guarantee that your brain and spine is harmed. There was one guy that got sucked through a get engine and lived.

 

[DivideBYZero]

It seems to be relatively common! :Q

 

[imported_LoKe]

Quick and painless death. Even if ith's not instant; the pain would be such a shock that you'd no longer feel it then bleed to death.

 

[SuperSix]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: SuperSix
I f I *had* to choose a way to die, getting sucked into a jet engine wouldn't be a bad way to go - instant death, no pain.

Looks like he didn't have a choice though. :brokenheart:🙁

Have you ever done it? You can't guarantee it'll be instant...

Do you know how a jet engine works? Hundreds of titanium blades spinning at over 50k RPM, shredding anything that comes in. Sure - a blade or two may break, but there's many more than one or two on a jet engine.

Look at the graphic here: http://travel.howstuffworks.com/turbine3.htm

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: leftyman
smoothie 😀

boooo, hisss, boooo 😛

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: SuperSix

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: SuperSix
I f I *had* to choose a way to die, getting sucked into a jet engine wouldn't be a bad way to go - instant death, no pain.

Looks like he didn't have a choice though. :brokenheart:🙁

Have you ever done it? You can't guarantee it'll be instant...

Do you know how a jet engine works? Hundreds of titanium blades spinning at over 50k RPM, shredding anything that comes in. Sure - a blade or two may break, but there's many more than one or two on a jet engine.

Look at the graphic here: http://travel.howstuffworks.com/turbine3.htm

No, I don't know how a Jet engine works.


You fool.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

🙁🙁

 

[Linflas]

We used to put screens over the intake before doing maintenance turns when I was in the Navy. That was also one of the 35,000 things you tried to watch out for while running around on the flight deck of a carrier during flight ops. That is why we got paid an extra $44.00 a month hazardous duty pay. 😀

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Linflas
We used to put screens over the intake before doing maintenance turns when I was in the Navy. That was also one of the 35,000 things you tried to watch out for while running around on the flight deck of a carrier during flight ops. That is why we got paid an extra $44.00 a month hazardous duty pay. 😀

$11 a week vs. not getting sucked into a Jet Engine.......Hmmm 😛

 

[Rudee]

Originally posted by: SuperSix
I f I *had* to choose a way to die, getting sucked into a jet engine wouldn't be a bad way to go - instant death, no pain.

Looks like he didn't have a choice though. :brokenheart:🙁

Definitely NOT instant death. In some cases the turbine fans can be broken off and go into the engine killing it, while fvcking you up badly but not killing you. Several people have lived after being sucked into jet engines.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: Linflas
We used to put screens over the intake before doing maintenance turns when I was in the Navy. That was also one of the 35,000 things you tried to watch out for while running around on the flight deck of a carrier during flight ops. That is why we got paid an extra $44.00 a month hazardous duty pay. 😀

$11 a week vs. not getting sucked into a Jet Engine.......Hmmm 😛

Those are 1978 dollars and you didn't do it for the money anyway. Without a doubt it was the most exciting job I ever did in my life.

 

[StrangerGuy]

At least it was not a rocket engine!

 

[lozina]

So passengers were on board when this happened??

"Look, mommie!"

 

[daveymark]

that really sucks 😀

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: Linflas
We used to put screens over the intake before doing maintenance turns when I was in the Navy. That was also one of the 35,000 things you tried to watch out for while running around on the flight deck of a carrier during flight ops. That is why we got paid an extra $44.00 a month hazardous duty pay. 😀

$11 a week vs. not getting sucked into a Jet Engine.......Hmmm 😛

Those are 1978 dollars and you didn't do it for the money anyway. Without a doubt it was the most exciting job I ever did in my life.

Ahh, thats better!

 

[Slickone]

Originally posted by: SuperSix

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: SuperSix
I f I *had* to choose a way to die, getting sucked into a jet engine wouldn't be a bad way to go - instant death, no pain.

Looks like he didn't have a choice though. :brokenheart:🙁

Have you ever done it? You can't guarantee it'll be instant...

Do you know how a jet engine works? Hundreds of titanium blades spinning at over 50k RPM, shredding anything that comes in. Sure - a blade or two may break, but there's many more than one or two on a jet engine.

Look at the graphic here: http://travel.howstuffworks.com/turbine3.htm

That's acutually a pic of a turbojet. A 737-500 uses turbofans. This one actually. Tech drawing. So he "only" had to go through the fan section, and not the compressor/turbine blades. 🙂 Something that large could break the fan blades. Still wouldn't be pretty.

 

[ATLien247]

Originally posted by: Linflas
We used to put screens over the intake before doing maintenance turns when I was in the Navy. That was also one of the 35,000 things you tried to watch out for while running around on the flight deck of a carrier during flight ops. That is why we got paid an extra $44.00 a month hazardous duty pay. 😀

Not sure if the Air Force was that smart, but my dad once told me that when he worked F-15 flight ops back in the day at Bitburg, that one time he felt himself being pulled into the intake and was only saved by an alert crew member.

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: leftyman
smoothie 😀

hehehe 🙂

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: ATLien247

Originally posted by: Linflas
We used to put screens over the intake before doing maintenance turns when I was in the Navy. That was also one of the 35,000 things you tried to watch out for while running around on the flight deck of a carrier during flight ops. That is why we got paid an extra $44.00 a month hazardous duty pay. 😀

Not sure if the Air Force was that smart, but my dad once told me that when he worked F-15 flight ops back in the day at Bitburg, that one time he felt himself being pulled into the intake and was only saved by an alert crew member.

If it was flight ops then that is a whole different thing. The screens are only used when you have the plane tied down and are doing engine maintenance tests. I'm sure the AF has them but it could be they weren't using them. Like any other occupation people working around this stuff become complacent and cut corners.