Stephanie Cosme, 32, was killed last year when she inadvertently walked into the rotating propeller of an aircraft in California

Stephanie Cosme, 32, was killed last year when she inadvertently walked into the rotating propeller of an aircraft in California

A US air force civilian contractor had become disoriented recording data at an airport in California last year when she walked into a jet’s rotating propeller and was killed, officials said on Friday.

In a statement outlining the findings of a report into the contractor’s death, the air force materiel command said that 32-year-old Stephanie Cosme was mortally injured on 7 September when she inadvertently walked into the rotating propeller of an MQ-9A that was parked at Gray Butte airfield.

    • Fal@yiffit.netEnglish
      13·
      8 months ago

      That doesn’t make you right. That’s very different from expecting a military member to follow her around to keep her safe. The training likely would have come from the contracting company she was working for, not the military

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
        11·
        8 months ago

        My comment/edit was really more of an update on the incident than a vindication of my initial reaction, though there’s some of that too.

        You wrote:

        Blaming this on the military vs just an unfortunate accident is just ridiculous

        That’s false. Even the military themself admitted as much. Facts matter…