That's crazy. Amazing he survived.
Krull on the other hand...
That's crazy. Amazing he survived.
Krull on the other hand...
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
Some years back, a mechanic was at the side of one of the engines of a Continental 737 in El Paso, monitoring things as it did a high-power runup. His hat blew off and into the engine. By reflex, he moved to grab it and was himself sucked in. Human hamburger was blown out of the back of the engine.
It was pretty damn messy, according to a pilot I knew who was at El Paso and who knew the mechanic who was killed.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
I knew both guys involved in an incident years back. Older 737-200. Engine #2. One up front in the cockpit doing the engine run, the other downstairs troubleshooting the fuel control unit. Although they were connected via intercom, the noise level made communicating impossible. High power run. Guy up front sees the EPR go nuts and motor starts to compressor stall. He shuts it down immediately. Calls his buddy. No answer. He yells on the radio for help. Runs down the airstairs assuming the worst. His buddy is nowhere to be found. Looks inside #2. There he is. It had somehow sucked him in backwards. His ass and lower back was wedged against the bullet. It had sucked every single item out of his jacket pockets...screwdrivers, keys, pocket change, everything. He was conscious and his eyes were about the size of Frisbees. What had saved him was the fact that the JT8D has a stationary first stage of inlet guide vanes. His ass was too big to fit through. He was literally deaf for two weeks, suffered some permanent hearing loss, but only minor cuts and abrasions as the motor spit his pocket contents out the front end. Years later bumped into the guy who was up front. Asked him how the other guy was doing and if he still kept in touch. He looked away while we were talking and noticed his eyes were welling up. I changed the subject.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
Only the truck should be vending whisky. (Unless they're Irish bagpipes.)