College Student Killed 'Instantly' By Rotating Plane Propeller After Flying Back From Lavish Date
19.10.2022 - 21:17
/ perezhilton.com
A college student in Georgia was killed in an awful accident while out on an extravagant date.
Sani Aliyu was a 21-year-old sophomore at Georgia Southern University in the city of Statesboro. On Saturday night, he rented a small airplane for the evening and took a date to dinner in Savannah. That coastal city is about an hour away from Statesboro by plane. When the date ended, and the couple flew back to Statesboro, a horrible tragedy occurred.
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According to local authorities, the Cessna 172 single-engine aircraft (similar to the one pictured above) carrying Aliyu and his date landed in Statesboro at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday evening. The woman, who has not been publicly identified, disembarked and walked to the back of the plane. For reasons unknown, when Aliyu got out, he turned and walked towards the front of the small aircraft.
Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch told local newspaper The Telegraph what happened next:
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Immediately, the plane’s pilot and co-pilot called 911. Sadly, it was too late. By the time first responders arrived, Aliyu had already died. According to Futch, the college student was hit twice in the head by the propeller.
On Tuesday, the Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport reported “an incident occurred,” and “appropriate investigations” are now underway. In their own statement about the matter, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the incident and some of its tragic specifics, as well:
FAA spokesperson Steve Kulm noted the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation. That’s because the incident occurred after the plane had landed, and the passengers were disembarking on the ramp area: