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Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta jet engine (www.theguardian.com)
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A worker at San Antonio’s international airport died after being sucked into a jet’s engine late on Friday, officials said.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I am an engineer who works on turbofan engines, and the term ingestion is what whe use for all foreign objects entering the engine. That includes ice and birds too. Still an absolute tragedy.