Suicide by jet engine

[phoebusapollo]

Hello fellow humans. Just wanted to bring a method to your attention. Someone just threw himself into an aircraft taking off from Denver international Airport. Apparently the person managed to lob him/herself into one of the engines and got thoroughly disintegrated. It's a fringe case. But undoubtedly quick. And for someone who wants to make an "impact" it is a wonderful method I think. Lots of coverage and attention. And I personally think that death by jet engine is an achievement by itself.

Somewhat joking of course. But I thought it is interesting to think about to some of us.
I want to discourage endangering other though. I wouldn't go this way. I just thought it to be interesting.

Frontier Airlines plane hits and kills person on runway at Denver International Airport

The unidentified individual had jumped a perimeter fence two minutes before being struck by the airliner.

www.bbc.com

 

[Spite]

Interesting method I've genuinely never thought of before.

I'd be worried about security, and the risk to passengers onboard the flight though. I can't imagine it's easy to just run onto a landing strip like that. Throwing yourself into a jet engine is kinda scary too, it evokes the same kind of anxiety in me as imagining myself jumping from a tall building.

 

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Seems gory. I've never liked methods like that. I prefer to be in one piece after death. That's just me.

 

[phoebusapollo]

Interesting method I've genuinely never thought of before.

I'd be worried about security, and the risk to passengers onboard the flight though. I can't imagine it's easy to just run onto a landing strip like that. Throwing yourself into a jet engine is kinda scary too, it evokes the same kind of anxiety in me as imagining myself jumping from a tall building.

It is actually highly unusual. I was baffled by the fact that this person made it work.
I don't know if you tried planespotting before, but I did. I am an aviation enthusiast. Normally the perimeter of airports is highly controlled. I even had security come up to me once, when I stared at planes with binoculars with one of my friends. There will be a thorough investigation for sure. Most likely there will be consequences in order to prevent this from happening again. At least at Denver international. I want to stress that this is not a reliable method and the risk to others can not be calculated in any way. A plane is not a train. So don't get me wrong. I just wanted to put that out there for members to see.

 

[synthetic_suicide]

happened before

Passengers horror as man 'killed himself by jumping into jet engine'

They recalled hearing a dreadful noise before being warned, 'Don't look out the windows' as the nightmare unfolded on Tuesday morning.

www.dailymail.com

 

[phoebusapollo]

happened before

Passengers horror as man 'killed himself by jumping into jet engine'

They recalled hearing a dreadful noise before being warned, 'Don't look out the windows' as the nightmare unfolded on Tuesday morning.

www.dailymail.com

Interesting. Thanks for bringing that up. It seems airport security is somewhat lacking outside of the normal passenger screening in some places. What I know for certain ist, that if you get into the controlled perimeter where airport staff are working you may go under the radar of security. After all these people have to work, oftentimes on very tight schedules. In Germany we have what's called a Zuverlässigkeitsprüfung for airport staff. A sort of background check, which the Luftfahrtbundesamt conducts in order to determine if you are suited to work in sensitive areas. I don't know how it's handled elsewhere but I imagine that if you are a staff member it is fairly easy to accomplish such acts. Given that you mask your intentions and get through the background check. However successful suicides by plane/jet engine without the access of a airport employee are still remarkable in the sense, that they imply some kind of security failure.

There is a famous case where a guy stole a passenger plane, took off, flew around and killed himself by slamming the plane into the ground.

2018 Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

He was an airport employee so it was comparatively easy I guess.

I bet that there is a huge geographic discrepancy when it comes to the possibility/ likelihood of success of these methods as an outsider. So I wouldn't take the few cases that exist as a proof that this is a feasible method. But these cases are interesting nonetheless.

 

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Funny, some months ago I found a video talking about the experience of being pulled in by a jet engine and I thought "That would be a good way to go". Once you get too close there's no changing your mind, it'll suck you in within seconds.
Expensive for the plane company as they have to clean everything, but very effective and painless.


Second best would be to ride a shitty submarine driven with an Xbox controller.

 

[phoebusapollo]

Funny, some months ago I found a video talking about the experience of being pulled in by a jet engine and I thought "That would be a good way to go". Once you get too close there's no changing your mind, it'll suck you in within seconds.
Expensive for the plane company as they have to clean everything, but very effective and painless.


Second best would be to ride a shitty submarine driven with an Xbox controller.

Ahh yes. The Oceangate thing. One plop and you're gone.

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They were below decision speed. Otherwise they would have taken off no matter what. And they would probably have made it either way. The problematic thing about this incident is the evacuation process. People regularly get hurt during aircraft evacuations.