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I would post a link to an accident report but I doubt it would go down well with the management.
See, the thing that will get you killed more that anything else is complacency.
Even following the most rigid of procedures still does not give much leeway for the unplanned or unexpected.
I wish them well.
See, the thing that will get you killed more that anything else is complacency.
Even following the most rigid of procedures still does not give much leeway for the unplanned or unexpected.
I wish them well.
7 min video about a guy who got sucked into an engine (and survived)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3Iz7b95-8
Survived because his helmet came off first and shut down the engine.
(clip starts 20 seconds in for some reason)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3Iz7b95-8
Survived because his helmet came off first and shut down the engine.
(clip starts 20 seconds in for some reason)
andy ted said:
Mojocvh said:
Jesus h christ that is just SO unsafe....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2TD_-oFLyw&feature=relatedeven going that close behind looks pretty silly!
As mentioned, cracking tinkering, but little regard for any sort of safety. I bet the neighbours were impressed!
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/arti...
I still can't watch it without doing an 'air-through-teeth' at some of the cameraman's moves. In one of the comments the guy even mentions accidentally flicking it to flight idle, still not massively fast but an engine that size even idling is gulping a nice amount of air. To boot, the danger areas are not just 'right in front' of the engine, it's a very wide arc and extends backwards from the inlet too.
It seems like he's zoomed in quite a bit, so perhaps not as close as feared, but I still can't believe they're letting him wander about like that especially when in one vid he manages to get caught in the exhaust. Never mind getting sucked in, the engine has stood for years and been 'restored' in some fashion, what happens if it lets go? Unlikely it wouldn't be contained at low power, but I still wouldn't want to be standing in line with such a rotating mass....
I still can't watch it without doing an 'air-through-teeth' at some of the cameraman's moves. In one of the comments the guy even mentions accidentally flicking it to flight idle, still not massively fast but an engine that size even idling is gulping a nice amount of air. To boot, the danger areas are not just 'right in front' of the engine, it's a very wide arc and extends backwards from the inlet too.
It seems like he's zoomed in quite a bit, so perhaps not as close as feared, but I still can't believe they're letting him wander about like that especially when in one vid he manages to get caught in the exhaust. Never mind getting sucked in, the engine has stood for years and been 'restored' in some fashion, what happens if it lets go? Unlikely it wouldn't be contained at low power, but I still wouldn't want to be standing in line with such a rotating mass....
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