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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Sucked into an Aircraft's Jet Engine on This Day in History

 

This day in history: On this day in 2015, Ravi Subramanian, an Air India technician was sucked into an aircraft's jet engine and killed instantly.

No one has survived being sucked into a jet engine. There have been 33 reported cases of people being sucked into the engine of a 737-100/-200 airplane since 1969. 

The risk of being sucked into an aircraft engine increases when the aircraft has lower ground clearance. This is because the turbofan creates an area of low pressure, which rapidly pulls in air close to the engine's intake. 

If someone is sucked into an aircraft engine, they would be disintegrated into small red particles in seconds.