). Sucked into an airplane turbine

Well, he was lucky he survived. But the one below is VERY UNLUCKED:

In 2012 in International airport Texas El Paso sucked a mechanical engineer into the engine of a Boeing 737. International flight number 1515 was preparing to depart for Houston.
There were 114 passengers and five crew members on board the Boeing 737-500 aircraft at the time of the incident, and a terrible tragedy occurred during the check of the liner's engines.
A spokesman for Boeing said that this is not the first such incident, but they happen extremely rarely, "no more than once a year."
In any case, the responsibility for what happened lies with the carrier that owns the aircraft, they should have provided necessary measures security.


The traction force is said to be approximately 140 km/h. The reverse jet can lift debris (such as small stones) from the runway surface into the air, which, if the aircraft runs along the runway at a relatively low speed, can enter the engine air intake and cause damage to it. At a high speed of the aircraft, the raised debris does not create interference, since it does not have time to rise to the height of the air intake by the time it approaches.
It’s not clear how a person got there then .. unless of course he really stuck his sleeve or something.


Well, in general, many Internet users still doubt that it was a person ...

Sucked up! (TIN! Impressionable DO NOT ENTER!) June 19th, 2014

Well, he was lucky he survived. But the fact that under the cut is VERY LUCKY :-(

IMPRESSIVE DO NOT ENTER , I warn you right away, there is a sea of ​​\u200b\u200bblood ...

In 2012, a mechanical engineer was sucked into the engine of a Boeing 737 at Texas El Paso International Airport. International flight number 1515 was preparing to depart for Houston.

There were 114 passengers and five crew members on board the Boeing 737-500 aircraft at the time of the incident, and a terrible tragedy occurred during the check of the liner's engines.

A spokesman for Boeing said that this is not the first such incident, but they happen extremely rarely, "no more than once a year."

In any case, the responsibility for what happened lies with the carrier that owns the aircraft, they should have provided the necessary security measures.

The traction force is said to be approximately 140 km/h. The reverse jet can lift debris (such as small stones) from the runway surface into the air, which, if the aircraft runs along the runway at a relatively low speed, can enter the engine air intake and cause damage to it. At a high speed of the aircraft, the raised debris does not create interference, since it does not have time to rise to the height of the air intake by the time it approaches.

It’s not clear how a person got there then .. unless of course he really stuck his sleeve or something.

Well, in general, many Internet users still doubt that it was a person ...

An engineer died at Sheremetyevo Airport during the engine start of a passenger Boeing 737. He was sucked into the aircraft's turbine. The cause of the tragedy may be the negligence of the engineer himself, the inattention of the pilots of the aircraft, or a malfunction of the turbine.

On Tuesday, one of the airport employees died on the airfield of the Sheremetyevo-1 terminal. As it became known to "Gazeta.ru" from sources in the airport administration, during the towing of the Boeing 737-700, owned by the airline Air Astana and departing on the route Moscow - Alma-Ata at 3.44 Moscow time, an employee of the aviation engineering service, 26-year-old Igor Elfimov, died. While the engineer was next to the engine turbine, the crew of the aircraft began to test the engine to balance the air supply.

In a matter of seconds, Elfimov was sucked into the inlet, and then into the turbine fan, where the engineer was literally torn to pieces.

In connection with the tragedy, the plane's departure was delayed. The passengers of the Moscow-Alma-Ata flight were immediately disembarked from the plane and transferred to a hotel. A few hours later they flew to Alma-Ata on another flight.

According to Gazeta.Ru, Igor Elfimov graduated from Moscow State Technical University two years ago civil aviation, worked at Bykovo Airport, and last year he served aircraft in the aviation engineering service of Sheremetyevo-1. According to the press service of the airport, Igor Elfimov died during work to ensure the aircraft preparing for takeoff. Now the investigation into the death of the engineer is being conducted by a specially created commission, which includes specialists from the federal service for supervision in the field of transport, the Moscow air transport prosecutor's office and the airport's internal affairs department. In turn, the representative of the airport, Angelina Matrosova, said that the administration of Sheremetyevo-1 expressed condolences to the family of the deceased and was ready to provide both material and moral assistance to his relatives. However, Sheremetyevo refused to say what exactly caused the tragedy. "It is too early to talk about the reasons for what happened. The circumstances are being clarified and will be named later," Gazeta.ru was told at the airport's press service.

At the same time, according to Gazeta.Ru sources close to the commission investigating the circumstances of the tragedy, there are three main versions of what happened. According to one of them, the cause of the emergency could be a safety violation. Boeing 737 turbines are located at a low distance from the ground, the safe distance to the turbines is about 5 meters. According to eyewitnesses, Igor Elfimov was at the nose landing gear of the aircraft at the time of the tragedy, neglected the instructions and decided to inspect the turbine again at the time of starting the engine, as a result of which the tragedy occurred. According to another version, the uncoordinated actions of the aircraft crew could have caused the death of the engineer - they could start the engine ahead of time, and the engineer simply did not have time to move to a safe distance. According to the third version, the failure of the turbine itself could become the cause of the accident.

As Gazeta.Ru's sources noted, in addition to the circumstances of the tragedy, the commission will have to determine the material damage. If it turns out that the tragedy occurred through the fault of the airline, then compensation for the material damage will be paid to the airport administration. If the administration of Sheremetyevo-1 is found to be the culprit, the owners of the airport will pay for the canceled flight.

As noted in the airport administration, they had not experienced such cases before. However, similar tragedies have already happened in world practice. So, in April 2002, a man got into the engine of a Boeing 767 airliner taxiing to the runway at the Japanese Kansai international airport. Jiang Xinmin, 39, an airline technician, was sucked into the engine, police said. On board an airline plane Air China there were 218 people. He was supposed to fly to Beijing. In addition to the accident, the police then considered the version of suicide and an accidental approach to the aircraft engine.

On Tuesday, one of the airport employees died on the airfield of the Sheremetyevo-1 terminal. As it became known to Gazeta.Ru from sources in the airport administration, an employee of the aviation engineering service 26- summer Igor Elfimov. While the engineer was near the engine turbine, the aircraft crew began to test the engine to balance the air supply.
In a matter of seconds, Elfimov was sucked into the inlet, and then into the turbine fan, where the engineer was literally torn to pieces.

In connection with the tragedy, the plane's departure was delayed. Passengers of the Moscow-Alma-Ata flight were immediately disembarked from the plane and transferred to a hotel. A few hours later they flew to Alma-Ata on another flight.

According to Gazeta.Ru, Igor Elfimov graduated from the Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation two years ago, worked at Bykovo Airport, and last year served aircraft in the aviation engineering service of Sheremetyevo-1. According to the press service of the airport, Igor Elfimov died during work to ensure the aircraft preparing for takeoff. Now the investigation into the death of the engineer is being conducted by a specially created commission, which includes specialists from the federal service for supervision in the field of transport, the Moscow air transport prosecutor's office and the airport's internal affairs department. In turn, the representative of the airport, Angelina Matrosova, said that the administration of Sheremetyevo-1 expressed condolences to the family of the deceased and was ready to provide both material and moral assistance to his relatives. However, Sheremetyevo refused to say what exactly caused the tragedy. “It is too early to talk about the reasons for what happened. The circumstances are being clarified and will be announced later,” the press service of the airport told Gazeta.Ru.

At the same time, according to Gazeta.Ru sources close to the commission investigating the circumstances of the tragedy, there are three main versions of what happened. According to one of them, the cause of the emergency could be a safety violation. Boeing-737 turbines are located at a low distance from the ground, the safe distance to the turbines is about 5 meters. According to eyewitnesses, Igor Elfimov was at the nose landing gear of the aircraft at the time of the tragedy, neglected the instructions and decided to inspect the turbine again at the time of starting the engine, as a result of which the tragedy occurred. According to another version, the reason for the engineer's death could be the uncoordinated actions of the aircraft crew - they could start the engine ahead of time, and the engineer simply did not have time to move to a safe distance. According to the third version, the failure of the turbine itself could become the cause of the accident.

As the sources of Gazeta.ru noted, in addition to the circumstances of the tragedy, the commission will have to determine the material damage. If it turns out that the tragedy occurred through the fault of the airline, then compensation for the material damage will be paid to the airport administration. If the administration of Sheremetyevo-1 is found to be the culprit, the owners of the airport will pay for the canceled flight.