Jet sucks a safety pylon into its engine

[fast89pony]

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not the one you think it will be...

 

[Vector4Food]

HOLY CRAP...

That's what the beacon light is for dude... jesus that guy is lucky... and unemployed

 

[SpiceWeasel]

Looks purposeful... like "I wonder what would happen if I did this".

 

[derg]

In most other countries, if the beacon is on, they won't even come close to the airplane.

 

[Murdoughnut]

You pay $8 an hour, you lose a million dollar engine.

 

[derg]

You pay $8 an hour, you lose a million dollar engine.

"Smithers! Bring me that actuaries head. And my Metamucil."

 

[rausda27]

Looks like the guys up front got spooked..

 

[Screaming_Emu]

In most other countries, if the beacon is on, they won't even come close to the airplane.

I love looking out while we are waiting to be plugged into external power only to see the fueler out hooking up.

 

[Ayork62493]

Yup, pay them 8$ an hour and then give them horrible training. The people I work with out on the ramp... Ugh (DGS)

 

[gotWXdagain]

Last week I made the mistake at an FBO of removing the chocks by kicking the one that was on the front tire around back so I could just taxi out on my own. SE turboprop so it wouldn't have caused any kind of a hazard.

Then, beacon ON and with me about to hit the starter, out of the corner of my eye I catch a guy running from the right side of the airplane and up underneath, its an FBO guy coming to grab the chock and marshal me out.

Beacon dude, let it go.

Lesson learned on my end, kick the damned thing completely clear.

 

[H46Bubba]

Once the engine crapped a bunch of orange confetti all over the ramp, all three hauled ass as far as they could from the aircraft.

 

[derg]

Once the engine crapped a bunch of orange confetti all over the ramp, all three hauled ass as far as they could from the aircraft.

$2 million on payroll deduct installments is a lot of damned money, bro.

 

[H46Bubba]

$2 million on payroll deduct installments is a lot of damned money, bro.

Yes it is!

 

[skypilot6]

So I bet they won't be putting cones in front of the engines from now on.

 

[Max Power]

A larger engine might not have been so kind to him.

 

[Retired in SAN]

Am I the only one who thinks, that it looked intentional? Not my area of expertise but it looked like he tossed something into the intake

 

[DE727UPS]

Nobody comes near a UPS jet when the beacon is still on. I know this because I have to be an F/O about twice a year. I always forget to turn the beacon off on the shutdown flow. It's funny how we then sit in the cockpit wondering why nobody out there is doing anything but staring at us. After about five minutes of this I realize I forgot the beacon...again.

 

[Max Power]

It seems like he was hesitant to put it down at first, then suddenly was OK with the idea. You can see a bit of the WTF action going on in the cockpit. Probably the end of a 4 day too, both with a flight to catch.

 

[Nark]

I'm waiting for the memo to come out.

It's only a matter of time in ORD, or any of the major hubs for that matter.

 

[Minuteman]

I was thinking about this the other day; I wonder why there aren't some flush-mounted LEDs/miniature strobes around the cowl … something more apparent than the main beacon for when the engine is running.