Chap sucked into engine

[Wodrick]

Man sucked in

On start or Idle I think he must have been VERY close, in my experience if you are in the right place it's not a problem.

[Boac]

There is obviously a lot more to the story which has not been told yet, since the 'facts' so far do not add up. There is a suggestion that the crew taxied before the ground guy was clear, or he was too close for a cross-bleed start. Very sad.

[Ex-Ascot]

Anyone who has had the misfortune to operate aircraft in that neck of the woods will know the chaotic ground operations. Just at the Injun resturant here for lunch. I think that we will steer clear of the ground beef until the JNB flight departs

[CharlieOneSix]

This guy on the USS Theodore Roosevelt had an amazing escape when he was sucked into the intake of an A-6 Intruder back in 1991......

[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2v1Pgpzp88[/bbvideo]

[msdad2]

Look what that did to his Hair!

[glad rag]

Straying from SOP's and running engines is a bad combination, start doing that regularly [and I know, having been the innocent party on the subsequent receiving end] and the countdown counter is started....

poor guy, what a horrible death.

RIP

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

There was one fatality in the RAF where the groundcrew chap didn't button up his parka; Nimrod I think. The increased area as it opened up created enough force to drag him in. I used to show a re-enacted safety video to new arrivals on Base as part of their Flight Safety talk.

[glad rag]

Foxy, in my case it was the chimp doing the ground run for an ACDC test who decided to try a lanes check whilst we were under the intake to "expedite" the aircraft servicing...lane 2 failed, engine ran away, my CW jacket was left on the intake guard......never had much time for sooties after that unless they proved to me they weren't FUDS...speaking of which, I don't have much time for AV's who remove servicing gags and reset CB1 DESPITE having talked to glad 2 minutes earlier "yes it's okay for power I've tripped the CB's" as he stood on a set of steps with the radar AC supply connector dismantled in his hand..........

[Alisoncc]

There was a story doing the rounds at Rand Airport a while back of a gentleman with a darker skin hue who, in Winter, discovered that it was much warmer to stand directly in front of one of the ground radars. When they found him apparently most of his internal organs were steaming. Never underestimate the ability of some people to ignore SOP's when their personal comfort can be enhanced by doing so.

Alison

[Boac]

I recall the groundcrew asking me to switch on the AI23B radar while they stood in front of it -"something for the weekend "as the saying goes

The latest rumour from the accident ("Hindustan Times" and Av Herald) is that the crew commenced taxy without groundcrew clearance while the poor chap was watching the tow-bar removal, with his back to the engine. Again depending on which (of many) 'reports' you read, there is still confusion as to whether this was a cross-bleed start or not, but I don't think that fits with events, since it was No 2 involved.

[glad rag]

There was a story doing the rounds at Rand Airport a while back of a gentleman with a darker skin hue who, in Winter, discovered that it was much warmer to stand directly in front of one of the ground radars. When they found him apparently most of his internal organs were steaming. Never underestimate the ability of some people to ignore SOP's when their personal comfort can be enhanced by doing so.

Alison

And I know of an RAF SAC who climbed on top of the PAR at Wyton so he could guard it better, poor bugger...so how does skin colour come into it ya FUD?