Posted on 01/01/2023 8:50:46 AM PST by BenLurkin
A worker was fatally injured on the ramp at Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama where an American Airlines regional carrier flight was parked, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident that occurred where American Airlines Flight 3408, an Embraer E175, was parked at the gate after arriving from Dallas. The FAA said the airport was closed after the incident.
Two people briefed on the matter said the initial investigation indicates the employee was killed in an accident involving one of the airplane’s engines that was running.
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The airflow into a fully operational jet engine is beyond hurricane speed - you will not win that fight.
How does a family bury goo?
Dad was in the Army Air Corp WW II.
He told me he’d witnessed someone walk into a propeller (C-47) on the tarmac. Ugh...
Surprised it doesn’t happen more often. Thank God.
That black and white night shot of the A6 Intruder sucking a deckhand into the engine always amazes me. I believe the crewman survived.
Your post is harsh...to say the least.
That is cold and rude.....
It’s a smaller aircraft with only 45 seats, so the engines are closer to the fuselage.
Working on any flight line is not a healthy working environment.
The one I was referring to happened back in the Seventies, and apparently the guy went all the way in and broke his neck on the spinner cone. I remember seeing him get evacuated off the ship on a stretcher.
On another ship (USS America, I think) a guy walked into an E-2 prop back around 1978 in the Med. I heard that was awful.
It can be a dangerous place even if you do have your head on on a swivel.
Missing the point.
This exposes the dumbasses permitted to be hired and work the ramp (I’ve known this for decades; it never got better after 9/11). If they hire dumbasses, you can be sure that they hire those who really want the access.
It’s a good thing tsa guards the front door. /s
Jet engines have a lot of suction power when run.
In the military we had “bull pens” to set in front of an engine when running it for maintenance, just to keep idiots from walking in front.
I saw a puddle of rain water pulled pulled off the runway ramp and up into the engine while there.
...yes, indeed....I believe his flashlight and/or his protective helmet FODDED out the port engine and the pilot immediately shut everything down...he was lucky to survive that little episode in his military history....
I was a ramp worker at Logan Airport for about a year back in 1985 for the Hudson General company. It was a CRAZY place. Most of my co-workers are probably in jail by now. They were constantly riffing through luggage and looking for other things to steal.
In addition to handling luggage, I would add "fresh" water to the airplanes and empty out the lavs. That water was not exactly clean either. When on a plane, I would never ask for a glass of water unless the water is bottled. One time emptying lavs (Air Portugal), I did not tighten the connection properly and got drenched with raw sewage. I had to take a chemical shower and throw away my uniform, right down to the underwear. I had to wear a paper nightgown for several hours until I had a new uniform delivered to me. My co-workers were laughing at me and cat-calling me the whole time because I guess my bare legs and feet looked good to them. Animals.
I also handled the mail, which was actually my favorite job to do there. The post office was located on the fringe of the airport so I got to drive the mail truck around the entire airport. You need to pay attention at all times to taxiing planes. It's always slightly terrifying to be driving along the ramp apron to see a 747 or a DC-10 bearing down on you.
Rule number one was never to approach a plane with engines running. I have no idea how this accident could have happened. We all knew about the dangers of getting sucked into an engine.
Watched an 18 year old walk backwards into the running prop of an E-2 on the USS Enterprise. Decapitated the young man, he’d only been on the ship I guess a short time.
I was an air traffic controller and saw it through the closed circuit TV. Obviously flight ops ceased that night.
My wife and I live on an “airpark” (airport with houses built around it). We are aviation people. Unfortunately, we have known of many unfortunate incidents. Propellors can of course be very dangerous.
Our house is one of those built closest to the runway. Before we moved here a constant speed prop from a Bonanza came apart while it was taking off. One of the blades broke through a front window and stuck in a wall inside the house.
And who does not remember the fight in Raiders of the Last Ark where the big German got chopped up?
Bkmk
What a horrible way for his family to begin the new year.
Praying for this person and his loved ones.
I’ve been on and off the flight line for over 40 yrs. Easy place to get badly injured or killed.
Re: Prop mess.
My Dad worked for AA starting right after the WWII and while at PKB He was the “everything” employee ranging from Ticket Counter to engine start watch and everything in between. One flight was about to leave when some guy that had been drinking while waiting for the flight came running out to the Aircraft just as Engine 1 spun up. Dad was on the Fire Extinguisher and tackled the guy about 15’ from the spinning prop.
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