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Ohio woman dies after walking into propeller at regional airport
Yahoo/Reuters ^
| 6-4-14
| By Kim Palmer
Posted on 06/05/2014 2:19:05 AM PDT by kingattax
(Reuters) - An office worker at an Ohio regional airport has died from head injuries she sustained after walking into a spinning airplane propeller, authorities said on Wednesday.
Sarah Rhoads, 24, who worked at Start Skydiving, died Tuesday from injuries she suffered on Sunday at Middletown Regional Airport, which is about 40 miles (64 km) north of Cincinnati, authorities said.
Rhoads was conscious with a severe injury to her skull when she was taken by helicopter to a Dayton hospital, a Middletown police report said.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aviation; ohio; sarahrhoads
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OUCH !
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posted on
06/05/2014 2:19:05 AM PDT
by
kingattax
To: kingattax
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posted on
06/05/2014 2:28:08 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: PapaBear3625
How sad. I hope she wasn’t distracted by texting.
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posted on
06/05/2014 2:32:16 AM PDT
by
printhead
(Standard & Poor - Poor is the new standard.)
To: kingattax
I worked on the flight deck of a carrier for the better part of four years, and all it takes is that one time.
That one lapse of awareness can kill you, and in the case of this poor woman, it probably did.
I had heard of a guy who walked into an E-2 prop once (I believe it was on the Constellation or the America) and they said the gore was appalling.
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posted on
06/05/2014 2:39:46 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("A nation, despicable by it"s weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
To: kingattax; All
thanks, for the post.
Sad Aviation ping.
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posted on
06/05/2014 3:05:19 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
To: EveningStar
Aviation Ping
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posted on
06/05/2014 3:08:25 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
To: kingattax
I wonder where OSHA is.....they should have mandated steel helmets for all workers on the tarmac and mandate warning labels on propellers ..to stop people from making stupid life endings mistakes...
/ S
I know...don’t give them any ideas...
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posted on
06/05/2014 3:11:39 AM PDT
by
Popman
("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
To: kingattax
What’s the last thing to go though John Denver mind before he died...
The propeller....
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posted on
06/05/2014 3:13:37 AM PDT
by
Popman
("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
To: kingattax
Sad. Never walk through a propeller arc! Never! If you never do it when the prop isn’t turning, you won’t do it when it is.
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posted on
06/05/2014 3:15:59 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: kingattax
A simply horrific tragedy. :-(
The gun is ALWAYS loaded...treat it accordingly.
The prop is ALWAYS spinning...stay the f&*k away from it.
If you are the pilot....someone is ALWAYS too close to the spinning prop so pay very close attention.
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posted on
06/05/2014 3:17:34 AM PDT
by
Bobalu
(What cannot be programmed cannot be physics)
To: PapaBear3625
It sucks that she probably knew what hit her.
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posted on
06/05/2014 3:18:50 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: kingattax
I read in one report the she was used to their company’s planes that had the propeller in the front. This particular plane had them on the wings.
To: Popman
I imagine the impact into any helmet would be enough. Propellers go very very fast with a lot of inertia. If the helmet was strong enough the neck would probably rip away sending the helmeted head sailing and would become FOD.
To: kingattax
Lack of situational awareness.
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posted on
06/05/2014 4:15:50 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Sounds like that would be a great episode of “myth busters”....
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posted on
06/05/2014 4:16:57 AM PDT
by
Popman
("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
To: kingattax
Maybe they should be equipped with some kind of running lights so that when they are spinning they can be more readily seen.
To: kingattax
The answer is obvious: ban all propellers.
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posted on
06/05/2014 4:28:36 AM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: Uncle Chip
Maybe they should be equipped with some kind of running lights so that when they are spinning they can be more readily seen.Yeah. All that noise they make isn't enough warning.
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posted on
06/05/2014 4:58:47 AM PDT
by
EricT.
(Everything not forbidden is compulsory.)
To: SampleMan
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posted on
06/05/2014 5:03:45 AM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: EricT.
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posted on
06/05/2014 5:07:50 AM PDT
by
thoolou
("Technology is driven by those who understand it the least" - Unknown)
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