You've gotta feel bad for this guy...that can't be a good way to do.
Might be a great way to go. It’s quick and for a moment you get to fly.
I was on a carrier (Independence) that had an incident like this. Sailor tripped over the chock-blocks and it was enough that when he left his feet it took him straight in....they got him to the medical center and saved his life - stabilized him and got him medevac’d to shore all within about 45 minutes. He lost both legs but lived. Folks were mighty edgy on the flight deck for quite some time after that.
Before the plane arrived, ground crew members held a ten-minute safety meeting “to reiterate that the engines would remain running until ground power was connected,” according to the NTSB.The ground crew was also informed that they should not approach the plane until the engines were turned down and the pilots turned off the rotating beacon light.
An American Eagle ground operations manual, released in July 2022, also states that the ground crew should never approach within 15 feet of the engine when running.
[...and this is very sad] Edwards is survived by her three children, her mother, and other family and friends, according to the Montgomery Advertiser.
....Indeed....! yes, not sure if it is still around (the internet is FOREVER...!) but it was a sailor getting ready to launch an A-6 if I recall, and he got sucked into the aircraft’s port (left, for you land-lubbers...) running engine. The engine immediately FODded out (FOD - Foreign Object Damage...) when his flashlight and I think his protective helmet went into the engine...he crawled out, by some grace of God, thankfully alive but shaken....probably needed a skivvies change after that....
As a former Aviation Boatswain Mate Handler. The NAVY brings him back ever now and then to brief all flight deckers on the dangers of working in and around aircraft on the flight deck.