Todos
← Back to Squawk list
Congo Teen Caught Trying To Stow Away Inside Jet Engine
Ground crew at the Maya-Maya airport (BZV) in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo spotted a Congo teenager trying to stow away on a private Hawker 125-800XP. (www.gatechecked.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Ugh. A bird strike makes a mess. A human strike would be catastrophic.
It is the impact at power that does the damage... A Bird sucked into an engine just starting or not will not do any real damage.... Just makes a mess.
Could the engine even start with a person there as he would be right against the fan? Could the high pressure compressor still get enough air to start with the fan jammed by the person's body? This is assuming he was missed during pre-flight.
Yes, but it would be a Hot Start, Probably it's last start. It would not be able to produce any real power. It only takes airflow to start the engine... But a lot more air to produce power/thrust. After that event, he would survive the start, but not with any real power, nor would the engine survive and I seriously doubt it would have enough power to get off the ground. Also, he would probably have to take up Lip Reading and Sign Language!
He could jump in after the cabin door was closed so, with no fault of the crew, one of three things would happen.
1. When that thing he was sitting in started to whine and pull him in he would quickly jump out and run in fear.
2. He would prevent the fan from turning or impede it enough that the crew would see an abnormal start and terminate it
3. He could try to hold on tight away from the fan and the engine would probably start and idle pretty normally. At that point hats, sandals, other lose clothing, and small body parts may enter the engine and then the crew notices something wrong.
It could have been a whole lot worse but I doubt he would be killed before he or the crew knew something was very wrong.
1. When that thing he was sitting in started to whine and pull him in he would quickly jump out and run in fear.
2. He would prevent the fan from turning or impede it enough that the crew would see an abnormal start and terminate it
3. He could try to hold on tight away from the fan and the engine would probably start and idle pretty normally. At that point hats, sandals, other lose clothing, and small body parts may enter the engine and then the crew notices something wrong.
It could have been a whole lot worse but I doubt he would be killed before he or the crew knew something was very wrong.
I’d like to think the crew would have noticed something was amiss during preflight.