Stephanie Cosme, 32, was killed last year when she inadvertently walked into the rotating propeller of an aircraft in California

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.

  • eardon@lemmy.ca
    32·
    8 months ago

    “We’ve investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing.”

    I guess because it’s not cops and because the snowball effect has taken hold, this rhetoric suddenly doesn’t apply.

    • leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
      6·
      8 months ago

      They did find wrongdoing on their part: they didn’t train or instruct her adequately. It’s just that her becoming disorientated was also a contributing factor.

      Cops would have just called her an immigrant terrorist or something, and planted drugs on her remains.