A Georgia college student died immediately when he walked into the still-spinning propeller of a small airplane he had rented for a dinner date, officials said.
Georgia Southern University sophomore Sani Aliyu, 21, was hit in the pinnacle twice at Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport on Sunday night after he got off a plane piloted by two friends who had taken him and a lady to nearby Savannah, in response to officials and reports.
“They flew to Savannah to go on a date, flew back, landed on the Statesboro Airport, and the young lady got off the plane, and he got off the airplane and walked toward the front of the plane, and when he did, the propeller hit him,” Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch told the Statesboro Herald.
Savannah is about about 55 miles southeast of Statesboro, where GSU has its principal campus.
The gruesome freak accident happened after the single-engine Cessna had “taxied onto the ramp area” and was stationary at around 10:35 p.m., a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson told the Herald. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
There had only been 4 people on board the plane, including the pilot and co-pilot, a spokesperson for the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office said.
“No person is admittedly at fault of anything,” Hutchens said. “I used to be an accident.”
Aliyu was an Atlanta resident and management major, a school spokesperson told The Post.
“We were deeply saddened to listen to in regards to the traffic incident that involved one in all our students Sunday night,” Dr. Aileen Dowell, GSU’s dean of scholars, said in an announcement provided to the Post.
“I actually have already been in contact along with his family and professors, and now we have mobilized all available resources to supply counseling and some other assistance the university may give.”
With Post wires
A Georgia college student died immediately when he walked into the still-spinning propeller of a small airplane he had rented for a dinner date, officials said.
Georgia Southern University sophomore Sani Aliyu, 21, was hit in the pinnacle twice at Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport on Sunday night after he got off a plane piloted by two friends who had taken him and a lady to nearby Savannah, in response to officials and reports.
“They flew to Savannah to go on a date, flew back, landed on the Statesboro Airport, and the young lady got off the plane, and he got off the airplane and walked toward the front of the plane, and when he did, the propeller hit him,” Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch told the Statesboro Herald.
Savannah is about about 55 miles southeast of Statesboro, where GSU has its principal campus.
The gruesome freak accident happened after the single-engine Cessna had “taxied onto the ramp area” and was stationary at around 10:35 p.m., a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson told the Herald. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
There had only been 4 people on board the plane, including the pilot and co-pilot, a spokesperson for the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office said.
“No person is admittedly at fault of anything,” Hutchens said. “I used to be an accident.”
Aliyu was an Atlanta resident and management major, a school spokesperson told The Post.
“We were deeply saddened to listen to in regards to the traffic incident that involved one in all our students Sunday night,” Dr. Aileen Dowell, GSU’s dean of scholars, said in an announcement provided to the Post.
“I actually have already been in contact along with his family and professors, and now we have mobilized all available resources to supply counseling and some other assistance the university may give.”
With Post wires
