I kind of respect you just dropping the lore that your father was sucked into a literal jet engine with no additional context 💀
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Just had this story retold at Christmas dinner – he was doing mechanic work under the engine and someone turned it on accidentally while he was under there…
Because of how the 737 engine inlet is designed for cold weather operations there was a gravel blocker and a non-spinning part of the inlet for him to hold onto until they could turn it off. Everything in his pockets got sucked into the engine.
At the time he would have been maybe one of 6 people to survive this. They called my mom and said “he was ingested”…
vbenthusiast on
Bit late for that
bingus_b0ngus on
It’s giving Arc Raiders
TC_Meteorite_Co on
I always think about that dude on the carrier getting sucked into an A6 or something. Looked like he was getting spaghettified on his way in. He wound up being ok as his headset fodded the engine out.
DeepWaterNights on
Bit late 🤔
Ok-Afternoon-3724 on
I’m 75M
Glad to read that he survived.
I was on a Navy aircraft carrier and had the unpleasant experience of seeing someone who got sucked into an engine … only he did not survive.
Patchy_Face_Man on
When was this? Because this poster either inspired or was inspired by OK Computer lol. Whoever did it went to town. Anyway, crazy story.
YcemeteryTreeY on
I got sucked into a jet engine and all I got was this lousy poster
JustaRandoonreddit on
Excuse me, he was what?
No_Size9475 on
warddowd on
Did they hand it to him or just lay it on top of the puddle?
Jeffrey_Friedl on
Your dad’s name is “Moo”?
Lazy_Dirt_8915 on
*YOU SURVIVED*
WinnieGraves on
I 100% would have been that *office worker* who every one like absolutely adores her darker humor that would have signed this in a way to clearly make it so the sign read, *”Don’t get Sucked In, Again!”
ahmtiarrrd on
The best part is the “Do Not”s printed in almost-white yellow on a white background.
theboned1 on
Is there a guide for how to get sucked off?
themoonhasgone on
They signed it like a yearbook page lmao
Primxl-Nytemare on
I remember seeing a video of this happening on TV when I was a kid. But it happened to a guy on an aircraft carrier
nukalurk on
That’s absolutely wild.
“Is this your way of jet setting?” is a hilarious note lol.
84thPrblm on
Posthumously?
MoukinKage on
I remember these posters from when I started for Continental Airlines in the 90’s. We were just starting to get the 737-300’s, and the ingestion zone was much larger than the older planes.
qtjedigrl on
Looks like he worked with some great, funny people
EnvironmentalAide335 on
Well I bet it helped him never do it again
StragglingShadow on
Laughing at the honesty of the guy who wrote that sometimes they couldnt understand a word he said.
mathird on
There is an actual medical diagnostic code for this:
Holdup. I’m an airline mechanic and the math ain’t mathin’. There is certainly more to this story. The engine takes at least 20 seconds to start sucking hard enough to be a problem.
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Can you … tell us *more*?
Maybe they should’ve given it to him before.
I kind of respect you just dropping the lore that your father was sucked into a literal jet engine with no additional context 💀
Just had this story retold at Christmas dinner – he was doing mechanic work under the engine and someone turned it on accidentally while he was under there…
Because of how the 737 engine inlet is designed for cold weather operations there was a gravel blocker and a non-spinning part of the inlet for him to hold onto until they could turn it off. Everything in his pockets got sucked into the engine.
At the time he would have been maybe one of 6 people to survive this. They called my mom and said “he was ingested”…
Bit late for that
It’s giving Arc Raiders
I always think about that dude on the carrier getting sucked into an A6 or something. Looked like he was getting spaghettified on his way in. He wound up being ok as his headset fodded the engine out.
Bit late 🤔
I’m 75M
Glad to read that he survived.
I was on a Navy aircraft carrier and had the unpleasant experience of seeing someone who got sucked into an engine … only he did not survive.
When was this? Because this poster either inspired or was inspired by OK Computer lol. Whoever did it went to town. Anyway, crazy story.
I got sucked into a jet engine and all I got was this lousy poster
Excuse me, he was what?
Did they hand it to him or just lay it on top of the puddle?
Your dad’s name is “Moo”?
*YOU SURVIVED*
I 100% would have been that *office worker* who every one like absolutely adores her darker humor that would have signed this in a way to clearly make it so the sign read, *”Don’t get Sucked In, Again!”
The best part is the “Do Not”s printed in almost-white yellow on a white background.
Is there a guide for how to get sucked off?
They signed it like a yearbook page lmao
I remember seeing a video of this happening on TV when I was a kid. But it happened to a guy on an aircraft carrier
That’s absolutely wild.
“Is this your way of jet setting?” is a hilarious note lol.
Posthumously?
I remember these posters from when I started for Continental Airlines in the 90’s. We were just starting to get the 737-300’s, and the ingestion zone was much larger than the older planes.
Looks like he worked with some great, funny people
Well I bet it helped him never do it again
Laughing at the honesty of the guy who wrote that sometimes they couldnt understand a word he said.
There is an actual medical diagnostic code for this:
https://preview.redd.it/ksf4wh47eg9g1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69f17d756930d99f823f16a065cd31d007d9cb98
Holdup. I’m an airline mechanic and the math ain’t mathin’. There is certainly more to this story. The engine takes at least 20 seconds to start sucking hard enough to be a problem.