Coppertop

Search turned up nothing so here goes:

http://arsenal.media.mit.edu/memes/i.../jetengine.avi

I'm amazed this guy survived. He's either the luckiest bastard alive or close to being the unluckiest. Either way, wow.

Demeter

I just get audio, no video

NoSoup

Same Here... maybe we dont' have the proper codecs?

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same here
codecs would make sense

Coppertop

I had the same issue at first. I opened it with Quicktime and it worked fine.

Cadwiz

The first time I saw this I was in the military doing a safety briefing. They played this video and got everyone's attention right away. The helmet that he was wearing, as part of the flight crew, saved his life. Very lucky or very unlucky, depending on how you look at it.

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Shpoop

so then with cadwiz's confirmation, this actually true? unfuckingbeleivable! in slow motion it almost looks like his body stretches....thats amazing...and i would definitely say luckiest. if anyone ever gets sucked into a jet engine and survives without any major permanent damage and calls himself unlucky...i would like to be the first to kick him in the balls.

Coppertop

I think avoiding getting sucked into a jet engine in the first place would have made him luckier.

Cadwiz

So, what brought this up to begin with? It seems like the first few posts of the thread are missing or something.

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Shpoop

I read a story about a girl riding in the passenger seat of a van when a 10 foot rebar flew threw the winshield. It pierced straight through her body and through the chair, pinning her to it. It was two centimeters from her aorta, one centimeter from her heart, in between the two lungs, and below the plumonary artery. The paramedics drove her to the hospital in the van, since they did not have the means to take her off the seat. At the hospital they removed her, stitched her up, and after the flesh wounds healed she was completely unharmed.

I consider her lucky. I do not (although maybe I should) consider myself lucky for driving everyday without being skewered by a 10 foot rebar. I hope this clarifies my point of view.

Demeter

I like the 'feel' of the clip. It has an ominous "twilight zone" appeal to it.

Coppertop

Just a video I stumbled across on my daily slog through the workday. Thought I'd share it with everyone here.

Cadwiz

Simple enough.

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Hard8s

Seen that viseo before and also heard other stories just like it. Unfortunately it not an uncommon occurence on carriers or at the airports. Also a lot of these guys live because forgein objects entering the compressors most of the time blow up the engine like this one did. My dad told me of an occurence on his carrier where this happened with an F-4. A fellow crewman saw him getting to close, and was reaching for him when he got sucked in. The guy grabbed his ankle as he went by. A ballpoint pen from his pocket took out the engine as he was being held in the engine compartment. Total damage? Some hearing loss in both ears and a wicked bruise on his ankle where his buddy was holding him.

Now I would think that the guy holding him would never have to buy another beer in his life, as the guy in the intake literally owes his life to that dude.

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bing bing

this video has been around since the start of the internet.

jstory

Thats one lucky bastard.

bollocks

amen brother

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projectself

for those of you who dont get video - it's because its in avi format. you can download an avi converter.

MSD

This doesn't give me much confidence in the reliability of our planes. The DHS should now be on the lookout for Middle-Eastern men buying large amounts of office supplies

wolf

That would be a bad day.

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Redjake

yep I'm surprised not many have seen it here. It's ancient and definitely a "classic" to me anyway.

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drakers

That would hurt a little, I wonder if he still works with planes.

VitaminH

avi isn't a format it's an A/V container. If you get audio then you have the proper audio codec, but no video you don't have the right video codec. I'm in a lab at school so I don't know what the codec is, but I'll post back soon as I find out unless someone beats me to it.

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HockeyGuy

Wow, thats an incredible video! and i thought pub work could be dangerous...

he_haha

HOLY COW THATS CRAZY!!!

VitaminH

The video appears to be in Intel's Indeo Video 3 format. You can get codecs for it here:

http://codecs.necromancers.ru/

Or the direct download link if you want is:

ftp://ftp.fluidlight.com/pub/nospin_files/IV5SETUP.EXE

The site also says you have to use Quicktime for playback.

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minyn

twisted. thats alli can say

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Hard8s

Its called FOD "Foregin Object Damage" and just about any jet engine will succumb to this. Its one of the reasons why birds near runways are a major problem. In fact last year at the airshow near here, they had the Marine Harriers in, on person was assigned to each plane just to clear the tires after they landed, of any foregin debris so it didn't get sucked into the engines.

What do you think took down the Concorde? A small piece of metal sucked into one of the engines during takeoff!

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Cadwiz

We had FOD shakers that you had to drive across to cross the airstrip where I was stationed. It was supposed to shake loose things that might fall off while you crossed. It was taken very seriously.

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MikeyChalupa

That's why the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is usually regarded as the most dangerous place in the world to work and why I stay the hell off of the deck when I absolutely don't need to be there. Vulture's Row is as close as I get to the action. Or, just watch it on TV safely in my workcenter.

I have nothing but the highest respect for the kids who work up there and believe me, they ARE kids. Most are 18-22 and earn less than minimum wage, even with the extra flight deck/hazardous duty pay they earn. There are so many ways to get killed on that flight deck. Getting sucked into a jet intake, blown over the side by jet exhaust (it's 80 feet down to the surface) cut in half by a snapped arresting cable, chopped up by rotor blades or propellers, fires from jet fuel, and that's when there's no live ordnance on the deck. The training required to work in that environment is rigorous and people still get killed in accidents every year. That video is part of the initial training given to ALL personnel reporting aboard an aircraft carrier or working on the flight line at a Naval Air Station.

-Mikey

Hardknock

I've seen this before. He'd damn lucky that the turbofan didn't tear him to shreds.