Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Cessna 210: Woman dies of horrific injuries after walking into airplane propeller. Humboldt airport. Saskatoon, Canada.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk
A woman was killed when she walked in to the propeller of a plane she had just got out of.

The 40-year-old victim died of her injuries on the airstrip in Humboldt, near Saskatoon, Canada, after walking into the blades while trying to take a photograph.

The woman, who is from the Annaheim area, had just emerged from the passenger side of the single-engined Cessna 210 and was walking towards the front of the plane.

The light aircraft was had just landed and was stationary, but the propeller was still spinning when she walked into it, police said.

They believe she had been trying to take a photograph before the blades struck her.

Transport Canada is investigating the tragic incident. Police have withheld the victim's name at the request of her family.

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