Mech sucked into CO 735 engine, killed.

[Alex T]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/16/airpla ... index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/16/airplane.fatality/index.html)

Very Tragic and so sad. may he rest in peace:(

(CNN) -- A mechanic standing near a Boeing 737 at El Paso International Airport in Texas was sucked into one of the engines and killed Monday, officials said.

Continental Airlines Flight 1515 was preparing to take off for Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston when "a maintenance-related engine runup of the right-hand engine" was carried out, said Roland Herwig, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration's southwest region in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

[RDU-JFK]

Wow, that's terrible, a tragic accident.

Not to be totally inappropriate or insensitive here, but is there any chance of recovery of the body, or would it have been completely destroyed from an idle-running engine?

What a shame for the person's family.

[cancidas]

so sad...

and no, not much left of the body or the engine for that matter.

[Corey]

Well....if you don't want to look don't...but here is a pic of the engine.

http://www.ehowa.com/showpicture.shtml? ... engine.jpg (http://www.ehowa.com/showpicture.shtml?image=bloodyengine.jpg)

Corey