Incident was last Friday night. The early reports seem to say that safety policies and procedures by the airline and ground aviation services appear to have be solid and correct. It must be sort of assumed that this individual crew guy was at fault. 

""From our initial investigation, this incident was unrelated to Unifi’s operational processes, safety procedures and policies," the statement continued. "Out of respect for the deceased, we will not be sharing any additional information".

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/texas-airline-worker-dies-delta-air-lines-jet-engine

 

 

It is unfortunate. Being around aircraft operations require a good bit of situational awareness at all times. Even experienced people can become complacent and get themselves into trouble.  From the start you have to stay focused and maintain the mindset of being careful so that you don't hurt yourself, someone else or aircraft/equipment. Even working for two hours under the aircraft some forget and will stand straight up and bang there head or cut themselves on an antenna or sharp edge.

19 minutes ago, G550flyer said:

It is unfortunate. Being around aircraft operations require a good bit of situational awareness at all times. Even experienced people can become complacent and get themselves into trouble.  From the start you have to stay focused and maintain the mindset of being careful so that you don't hurt yourself, someone else or aircraft/equipment. Even working for two hours under the aircraft some forget and will stand straight up and bang there head or cut themselves on an antenna or sharp edge.

Yep!  Even more fun on a 6 month cruise aboard an aircraft carrier covering launches and recoveries of your squadron's aircraft.  The hairiest moment I had was being called up to the cockpit of the EKA-3b Skywarrior hooked up to the forward catapult, ready to launch because the pilot wanted me to hear the noise coming from the ADF receiver.  We were having a tough time duplicating the problem.  Got it fixed right after the aircraft was recovered.

The pic shows how the aircraft was sitting on the catapult.  They did not open the lower hatch so I could crawl up to the cockpit!  I had to climb on the left landing gear tire and up past the flaps and walk along the top of the aircraft and they opened the top hatch.  I still have nightmares!

 

I've seen people walk up to a running engine to put a cone in front of it that was sucked towards the engine but luckily just slammed against the underside of the nacelle. I've also seen people opening the front cargo compartment with an engine still running and the beacon on and someone wanting to chock the main gear right behind a running engine, only to be stopped by someone close by in the last moment. Also seen a pilot and a flight attendant intending to cross behind two running engines, only realizing the danger because a ground crew guy frantically waved at them from the other side which they luckily saw in time.

Not saying the worker here is to blame but I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.

I spent 36 years with a major US airline. I saw a number of people get hurt, some of them seriously. It's a very dangerous environment if you get complacent or choose not to follow the safety protocols. We used to fight with cockpit crews about starting both engines using an air start cart. They didn't want to have to cross bleed the second engine. We told them sorry, we're not approaching the aircraft with both engines running. That requires that someone to crawl underneath the fuselage, disconnect the air start hose and drag it past the running engine.

19 hours ago, mwilk said:

I spent 36 years with a major US airline. I saw a number of people get hurt, some of them seriously. It's a very dangerous environment if you get complacent or choose not to follow the safety protocols. We used to fight with cockpit crews about starting both engines using an air start cart. They didn't want to have to cross bleed the second engine. We told them sorry, we're not approaching the aircraft with both engines running. That requires that someone to crawl underneath the fuselage, disconnect the air start hose and drag it past the running engine.

Both engines? Seriously? I thought it was scary enough to have to disconnect the hose from an A320 for example with one engine running as you can feel the power of that thing. Starting both engines would entail walking in between the engines in a straight line from the nose gear and back - you're standing right under the belly, between two running engines, closer to engine 1 as the connect point is closer to that engine. Thankfully, the hose would probably not even be long enough to connect with the cart at the front of the aircraft, making it impossible to start both engines on external bleed air without sacrificing a worker each time.

What aircraft was that?

This was already rumoured on PPRuNe but now seems to be confirmed:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/us/san-antonio-airport-worker-death/index.html

Cbs News says it was a suicide. What a horrible way to do it.😟

Bill W

1 hour ago, dmwalker said:

This was already rumoured on PPRuNe but now seems to be confirmed:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/us/san-antonio-airport-worker-death/index.html

I just watched a video on Blancolirio's YouTube channel that said the same thing. Not the way I'd choose to go but it's quick.

20 minutes ago, mwilk said:

I just watched a video on Blancolirio's YouTube channel that said the same thing. Not the way I'd choose to go but it's quick.

Could have been worse!  

 

Yup, it was officially ruled a suicide.  San Antonio newspaper said police found a suicide note at his residence.

That had to be extremely painful for at least the first few seconds! Death is rarely instantaneous.

8 hours ago, n4gix said:

Death is rarely instantaneous.

Unless you implode in a small submarine like those folks looking at the Titanic did. They say their deaths were so quick that they couldn’t have even known what was happening. It’s too bad for them and their families, but probably the best way to go.

One commenter suggested that they might have heard a "crack" just before the implosion, but it would have been nearly simultaneous with the actual collapse, it have not have been recognized for what it was... 🤯

5 hours ago, n4gix said:

One commenter suggested that they might have heard a "crack" just before the implosion, but it would have been nearly simultaneous with the actual collapse, it have not have been recognized for what it was... 🤯

I doubt that. I read that the complete implosion happens at around 1 millisecond and that the human brain can only respond to stimulus at 25 milliseconds. So given that rate of reaction time, I doubt they even processed the sound of the crack. That’s about the fastest you can be killed without realizing you’re dying or about to get killed. 
 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65934887.amp