Gruesome Article: Engine Trouble

• Taycat wrote on 2010-05-26 21:09
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  A mechanic standing near a Boeing 737 at El Paso International Airport in Texas was sucked into one of the engines and killed Monday, officials said.
  
  Continental Airlines Flight 1515 was preparing to take off for Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston when "a maintenance-related engine run-up of the right-hand engine" was carried out, said Roland Herwig, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration's southwest region in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
  
  "Someone on the ground was sucked into the engine," he said.
  
  In a written statement, Continental Chairman and CEO Larry Kellner said the person killed was a mechanic who worked for one of the airline's suppliers.
  
  "My fellow coworkers and I extend our heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends of the mechanic involved in this tragic event," Kellner said.
  
  The 737-500 was carrying 114 passengers and five crew members at the time of the accident, he said.
  
  "Continental is coordinating assistance for passengers who need help dealing with this tragedy," Kellner said. "Continental's Employee Assistance Program team is also flying to El Paso to meet with employees."
  
  He said the incident occurred during a maintenance check in preparation for the plane's departure.
  
  A spokeswoman for Boeing said Monday's incident is not the first such accident. "It doesn't happen very often," spokeswoman Liz Verdier said. "It has happened in the past."
  
  Either way, she said, the responsibility lies with Continental: "The airlines are responsible for their safety procedures."
  
  The National Transportation Safety Board has sent a team of investigators from its office in Denver, Colorado, Herwig said.

  
  
  
  Source:LiveLeak.com - Engineer sucked into engine aftermath - Warning Graphic
  
  
  It looks cool.
  
  Oh, there are more pictures at the article...
  
  And they're disgusting.
  
  Lots of guts.
• RicochetOrange wrote on 2010-05-26 21:46
  Cool paint job!
  
  
  
  
  Why don't they have something infront of the engine to stop things from getting sucked in?
• Taycat wrote on 2010-05-26 21:47
  The thing was taking off.
  
  There was no way to have that there if the plane was going to be taken off.....
• Sleeperdial wrote on 2010-05-26 21:48
  I didn't know people could be pureed that fine :kill:
• Taycat wrote on 2010-05-26 21:50
  That look, on your face!
  
  ....
  
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
• Tedio wrote on 2010-05-26 21:54
  FATALITY.
• Intex wrote on 2010-05-26 21:57
  Poor guy :(
  Not a pleasant way to die.
• Taycat wrote on 2010-05-26 21:58

  Quote from Gargamaru;44960:

  FATALITY.

  
  
  That fits perfectly.
  
  

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• Moppy wrote on 2010-05-26 22:04
  That's so horrible...
• Drifter wrote on 2010-05-26 22:08
  Ugh, Poor guy....
  
  Thats an unexpected and terrible way to die -.-
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-05-27 00:52
  OH GOD THE IMAGES IN THE LINK.
  
  That is now the THIRD most violent thing I have ever seen in my entire life. Thats pretty intense stuff.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2010-05-27 00:56
  ^ It's not exactly violent, just go to a bucher shop, you see the same thing.
  
  Reminded me of this.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2y2DpCbLBs
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-05-27 00:58
  I'm surprised that the images didn't bother me too much. It did feel uncomfortable though.
  :/
• Piko wrote on 2010-05-27 01:02
  Pika pikachu pika.
  
  (Jesus, there aren't any remains besides guts and blood.)
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-05-27 01:03
  You can still see his fingers in the piles of meat.