Author Topic: Brazil jogger decapitated by aircraft (Read 445 times)

hawk220 · « **on:** August 10, 2002, 12:32:30 AM »

Brazil jogger decapitated by aircraft
August 9, 2002 Posted: 8:30 PM EDT (0030 GMT)

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -- The pilot of a light plane decapitated a woman jogger in northern Brazil on Friday when he landed on a runway used by local residents as a sports field, police said.

They said the pilot, Wilson Alessandro, immediately fled in his Cessna but was arrested when he landed again 75 miles (120 km) away in Belem, capital of the state of Para, and would be charged with involuntary homicide.

Police said the victim, Maria dos Santos Rodrigues, 42, was jogging on the runway in the town of Cameta. "She was moving along the runway, she tried to duck when she saw the plane land but it caught her," spokeswoman France Davis Fernandes Costa said.

Police said they would investigate why Alessandro tried to land on the Cameta runway, which was closed to aircraft and was popular with joggers and fitness walkers.

Elfenwolf · « **Reply #1 on:** August 10, 2002, 12:35:57 AM »

The odds are better you'll die while jogging than you will if you sit on your bellybutton in front of a computer screen and drink beers and get fat. I'm taking the more prudent approach to life. (opening another beer)

moose · « **Reply #2 on:** August 10, 2002, 05:55:28 AM »

Next time Im jogging I'll be sure to watch out for those pesky cessnas

mietla · « **Reply #3 on:** August 10, 2002, 11:17:37 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by moose
Next time Im jogging I'll be sure to watch out for those pesky cessnas

Don't recall who said that:

"Wouldn't it be shame if I died healthy?"

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #4 on:** August 10, 2002, 03:17:28 PM »

Sucks to be tall.

Maverick · « **Reply #5 on:** August 10, 2002, 03:27:31 PM »

Hhhhhmmmm, I guess a runway is really for jogging. I wonder where they think a plane SHOULD land or takeoff.

Sandman · « **Reply #6 on:** August 10, 2002, 04:34:40 PM »

I guess there are two reasons for landing on a closed runway... he was either lost or had some sort of flight emergency.

Fishu · « **Reply #7 on:** August 10, 2002, 05:06:21 PM »

I suppose with the emergency he wouldn't have fled, WITH the plane

or maybe the pilot was just having own emergencies, which of he quickly healed up after realising he had rammed someone with the plane.

midnight Target · « **Reply #8 on:** August 10, 2002, 06:15:30 PM »

Catch-22

Scene on the raft...

nuff said.

marauder · « **Reply #9 on:** August 11, 2002, 10:21:16 PM »

Lesson 1: DON'T GO JOGGING ON A RUNWAY IF YOU'RE DEAF!!
Lesson 2: IF THERE ARE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON THE RUNWAY
+ YOU DON'T SEE ANY AIRCRAFT, AIRPORT GROUND VEHICLES,
A TOWER, RUNWAY LIGHTS ETC. ETC. ETC -WHAT YOU'RE LANDING ON IS NOT A RUNWAY!!

AdmRose · « **Reply #10 on:** August 11, 2002, 11:18:57 PM »

I think I'll try decapitating the next chute/paratrooper I see.

Innominate · « **Reply #11 on:** August 12, 2002, 01:20:22 AM »

I can imaging this jogger running away from the plane like a cartoon, instead of ducking off to the side.

How the hell can you not see a cessna coming?

Fishu · « **Reply #12 on:** August 12, 2002, 03:56:14 AM »

Innomate,

I tell you, it's the MP3 piracy which killed her.
You see, people buys those MP3 players and then jogs with headphones tapped in ears.
Of course MP3 player is bunch of illegal MP3s.

See how easy it is! let's sue them bastard MP3 pirates for murder of first degree.

Creamo · « **Reply #13 on:** August 12, 2002, 04:08:04 AM »

He should have landed, altered his fuel pump mechanically somehow, and sued her and her family. The daft hag got hit by a airplane for Gods sake. What was she thinking?

Sudden stoppage on a piston airplane from any object like a head is cause for undue expense, re-inspection, and possible replacment of pistons, cylinder heads, valves, and for sure cam shafts. All very pricey.

That's what I would have done.

Tuomio · « **Reply #14 on:** August 12, 2002, 04:19:59 AM »

I wonder what this guy would say..