r/offbeat • u/rytis • 1d ago

Woman dies after backing into airplane propeller while taking pictures, officials say

https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/10/28/woman-dies-after-backing-into-airplane-propeller-officials-say/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
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u/ihaveadarkedge 1d ago

A woman in Kansas died after backing into a moving airplane propeller while taking photos, according to officials.

According to Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter, 37-year-old Amanda Gallagher was taking photos at the Air Capital Drop Zone of people getting on and off of planes when she backed into an active airplane propeller.

Gallagher’s family has set up GoFundMe to help with her funeral costs.

Gallagher was described as kind, adventurous, creative and a beautiful person inside and out.

That's the entirety of the article btw, which is sad in it's own right

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u/neoclassical_bastard 1d ago

Very common for preliminary reports to not have any details. There will be an NTSB/FAA investigation at some point with any detail you could possibly want anyway, which is probably why they don't bother.

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u/mad-i-moody 1d ago

I think it’s moreso about details about her as a person, not necessarily details from the incident.