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.

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    2 years 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

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      2 years 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…