It’s true, when an airplane engine starts, it can suck people in.
According to People's Daily Online, "Hindustan Times" quoted an unnamed Air India internal source as saying that Air India flight AI 619 was waiting to take off at the time of the incident, and the co-pilot or He misunderstood the ground signal and turned on the engine to prepare for takeoff. Unfortunately, Ravi Subramanien, the maintenance man closest to the engine at the time, was involved.
The source said it was unclear why Ravi appeared next to the plane. Relevant parties will conduct further investigations to determine whether the aircraft could start its engines at the time and the circumstances of the failure in this tragedy.
It is reported that India’s state-owned Air India has suffered losses year after year since 2007, and its flights have repeatedly been exposed to technical failures and human errors such as flight delays caused by late arrival of crew members in recent years. In April this year, two pilots got into a fight in the cabin before takeoff, forcing ground control to expel them from the plane.
Aircraft engine composition:
The white core of the aircraft engine adopts a dual-rotor structure, including air intake, compressor, combustion chamber, turbine, tail nozzle and other components. The engine's accessories, including the generator, oil and air lines, are located outside the core engine. The white spiral on the front fairing cone is mainly used to repel birds. When the engine is running, it looks especially like an eagle eye.
The engine is large in size and weight, with a volume equivalent to that of a car. The air intake (engine opening) accommodates a semi-standing adult. The thrust of the engine is huge. At present, 737-300/400 passenger aircraft generally use CFM56-3 turbine engines, with a single engine thrust of 18,000 to 22,000 pounds, about 8 tons. For example, the engine can vacuum a room of tens of square meters in one second.
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