And Darwin claims another....... :()

[init4fun]

Well, no matter what the guy's major malfunction was, guess he won't be doing THAT again.......

Person fatally struck by Frontier jet at Denver International after fence breach

Passengers were evacuated from the Frontier flight to Los Angeles after the collision during takeoff, which the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Engine fire? Was the person somehow thrown up in the air and into the engine?

A lot of people used to think it was funny to yell "What is your major malfunction?" at a person who messed up. Jokes get old very quickly with me, so I would remind the person asking the question that after the drill sergeant was shot and killed by the recruit immediately after yelling the question. That put a quick end to that nonsense.

 

[sanford12]

his major malfunction was shooting somebody after being asked what was his major malfunction is. You have to be a mental defective to go that far.

 

[DesertRatt]

This is just the latest of bizarre behaviors. There's a trend. Someone with sufficient time and resource could discover a cause. Of course there is a cause. These look random, but my money would bet on specific cause.

 

[Bobcat]

Well, no matter what the guy's major malfunction was, guess he won't be doing THAT again.......

Person fatally struck by Frontier jet at Denver International after fence breach

Passengers were evacuated from the Frontier flight to Los Angeles after the collision during takeoff, which the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

www.nbcnews.com

He doesn’t have the guts to do it again.

 

[avionic]

Was the person somehow thrown up in the air and into the engine?

On that aircraft. The big ass engines hang low enough to the ground, off of the wing that he could get ingested very, very easily.

 

[avionic]

He doesn’t have the guts to do it again.

What a grizzly spectacle that the first responders had to witness.

 

[electronjohn]

Suicide by turbofan.

 

[highvoltage_]

Suicide by turbofan.

Maybe, but we'll never know unless he left a note somewhere.

 

[hjames]

Rude or not, he had NO PURPOSE being on an airport runway,
and he effectively crippled a plane full of passengers.

Recall Joss Wedon's take on this, from Firefly ...

 

[62caddy]

Engine fire? Was the person somehow thrown up in the air and into the engine?

Presumably he was close enough to get drawn in by the enormous suction.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

On that aircraft. The big ass engines hang low enough to the ground, off of the wing that he could get ingested very, very easily.

Presumably he was close enough to get drawn in by the enormous suction.

I guess I didn't think about just how low those engines are. Brain fart!

 

[avionic]

Me thinks Denver International needs to review there perimeter security protocols.

 

[init4fun]

Suicide by turbofan.

Hi electronjohn,

Gotta admit, this was my first thought as well. Who knows? maybe not, but as someone with aviation experience it seems to me that someone who walks right in front of a turbine engine running at maximum power (the aircraft was on it's takeoff roll), even with no aviation knowledge whatsoever, has gotta know that it's a recipe for disaster. I took it as perhaps being akin to those who commit "suicide by cop", , , someone who pulls a gun out when a whole bunch of cops are already drawing down on them, forcing the police to open fire. As HV says with no suicide note it's likely we'll never know....

Me thinks Denver International needs to review their perimeter security protocols.

I agree 100% with this, the perimeter of many airfields is pretty much a joke, I've seen more than a few with nothing but a simple chain link fence. Sure, in different times this was sufficient to keep most wandering wildlife out, but in today's world it's woefully inadequate to keep out someone with suicidal or perhaps nefarious intent (sabotage)....

 

[oldflame]

With that type of turbofan engine wound-up to launch RPM, does anyone know what the danger zone is? How close is too close?

 

[Enophile]

Me thinks Denver International needs to review there perimeter security protocols.

I find it interesting to see what calamities spur us to want change vs. those that don't.

When I lived in L.A. we had some impressive flooding in the winter of 1992. Those run off canals were raging!

Some kid on a bicycle decided to jump one and he fell in and was swept away and drowned.

The outcry was astounding, with people, no kidding, demanding that canoes be kept tied to every bridge so victims could grab them as they flowed past and be saved.

All this over one instance. I need to check how often people foil airport perimeters and throw themselves into plane engines before I join the 'runway reform' team.

I guess the question is how big an issue needs to be before we are compelled to remediate something.

 

[prww]

I'll think twice before requesting a window seat! Paul.

 

[Yamaki]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[gadget73]

I guess the question is how big an issue needs to be before we are compelled to remediate something.

make it big enough and people will just say its impossible to do anything about and go back to fretting about one-off issues.

 

[BmWr75]

If someone really wants to kill themself, doesn’t matter how many layers of protection are put in place. They will succeed.