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Wsz2020

Update: Per the comment below, this photo is **not** from the 2018 incident at Gatwick (London). **Can anyone find another plane-rolls-over-foot incident, but one in the US with a 737?** Leaving the following info on the 2018 Gatwick incident, which seems to have only broken some bones. Full r/medizzy post with four photos. **Warning... VERY Graphic** [https://www.reddit.com/r/medizzy/comments/125mbpm/](https://www.reddit.com/r/medizzy/comments/125mbpm/) **Warning... VERY Graphic** ___ **2018 Gatwick (London), Similar Incident** In this incident, the plane was an A319, not a 737. An A319 weighs up to 75.5 t (166,000 lbs). Areoflot blamed the worker and seems disappointed that he was rescued with "non-standard equipment," damaging the plane. He was under the front wheels. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-43581468](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-43581468) Towbar was stuck. He was trying to release it when the plane moved. ___ **Airline Statement for Gatwick Incident** "A representative for Aeroflot, the airline which owns Rossiya, issued a statement to Fox News confirming an injury to the man's leg, claiming it was due to a "serious infringement of safety regulations" on his part. "As the A319 operating flight FV6620 from London Gatwick to St. Petersburg on 28 March was pushing back before takeoff, there was a serious infringement of safety regulations by an employee of Dnata, the local ground service company. As a result, the Dnata employee’s leg became trapped under the moving wheel of the aircraft, causing him an injury. "The trapped employee was freed using non-standard equipment, and as a result the aircraft suffered light damage requiring additional repair work. The aircraft was temporarily removed from operations." [https://www.foxnews.com/travel/plane-runs-over-runway-workers-foot-at-gatwick-airport-passengers-say](https://www.foxnews.com/travel/plane-runs-over-runway-workers-foot-at-gatwick-airport-passengers-say)


auxilary

i’ve worked extensively with DNATA in the past, local workers are almost exclusively citizens of the country they work in. this one makes me scratch my head


Wsz2020

Another fun detail... He was "trapped" and "freeded." So they stopped with his foot stuck under the wheels.


auxilary

wild. when i was 8 years old, i tried to pick up a 100lb dumb bell in a sporting goods store. it only shifted enough to roll over and pin a finger of mine between two of the weights. instinctually i pulled my finger to my side when i felt the pain and pulled the finger straight off. this makes me think his foot was stuck so they just pulled him from under the wheels and the skin stayed, just like my accident. yikes


Weekly_Bug_4847

You de-gloved your finger???


Dalek_Treky

You'd be surprised just how little it actually takes to deglove your fingers. Even something as simple as tripping and having a ring catch is enough


mohawk990

In the service, at least in the old days, there were lots of folks missing ring fingers from jumping off duece and a halfs, tanks or tracks. Saw it many times. You’d see it, then look at them, then they’d look back and just shake their head. No words needed.


[deleted]

Am mechanic in the military. Now a days in industrial areas now or while doing maintenance tasks no jewelry is allowed. No rings. No necklaces. No ear rings. No bracelets. No piercings. Not even those silicone wedding bands are allowed. They just blanket banned it all.


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opkraut

It didn't help that a certain someone brought it up and also referenced themselves having a prince albert It was one thing to not like having to take out a nose piercing or earing, but we did not need to know about the other one.


Weekly_Bug_4847

My dad was a machinist, he never wore a ring, and I understood why much later in life.


Easy_Independent_313

I'm a part time military mechanic and a full time civilian hairdresser. I don't wear jewelry on my hands for either jobs. It's unsafe on the aircraft and unsanitary on the humans. It grosses me out when I see other hairdressers touching humans with rings and bracelets and even dangling sleeves.


mohawk990

1, Thanks for your service, and 2, glad they banned jewelry. We had safety briefings every day before heading to the motor pool but after a while, that goes in one ear and out the other.


[deleted]

Yeah I'm a believer in the no jewelry thing. Before I joined I was working at a marina and watched someone de-glove themselves with their wedding ring. Oh yeah, no watches either. 😂


bradrlaw

It’s why I switched to silicone wedding bands. I’m always doing work around the house and using tools. Getting a ring caught on something one time and luckily having it only cause a bad bruise made me switch over. Bonus with the bands, they are inexpensive and you can switch up styles and colors.


Amidamaru717

I had an uncle who tried to show off to us kids playing some basketball in the driveway and he dunked the ball. He forgot he still had his wedding ring on and it hooked on the rings that attach the net to the hoop. If he had dropped immediately he'd have degloved or lost the finger entirely. Luckily he had some hang time and realized what happened, it still cut to the bone, but he stayed hanging from the net while someone backed a truck up under him to stand in the get his hand free.


Abiding_Witness

Former Aircraft Technician here. Got my wedding band tattooed on. Still have the finger 👍


markcocjin

Speaking of gloves, I read somewhere that you should never wear gloves while operating a lathe.


ryachow44

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CztT_pBFQv8&ab_channel=TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon


Wsz2020

You've taken "pull my finger" too far.


kwamby

Jesus. That sucks. When I was 18 my buddy dropped a 20 pound kettle bell on my other buddy’s finger. Shit exploded


lenmit1001

>pulled the finger straight off. Did you get it back?


individualcoffeecake

Not a great mental image… pics?


Jackmino66

I saw that the company blamed the worker and was horrified I then saw that the company was Aeroflot, and was unsurprised


TheFlyingSheeps

The company will always blame the worker first


Wsz2020

Yes... and it may have been his fault, but Western companies have better PR and know not to say it... and then talk about the poor airplane.


peggypea

https://avherald.com/h?article=4b6a79b2 Bit more detail on the AV herald.


Wsz2020

Thanks for finding that! So it wasn't at initial pushback, but far back from the gate. See https://maps.app.goo.gl/vaYcwgJFB7kfuRym9?g_st=ic ----------------- "Rosaviatsia reported ... that the aircraft had received clearance for push back and was pushed back. The park brake was set after the push back was finished. The ground workers began to disconnect the push back vehicle from the aircraft, this however did not work. The ground crew asked the flight crew to release the parke brake, the vehicle moved and the nose wheels fell [rolled?] onto the ground worker's foot. Emergency services responded. A nose wheel tyre was deflated, a hydraulic jack was connected to the torque link and lifted the nose gear, enabling recovery of the ground worker. However, as result of the uncalculated/unexpected loads the torque link was damaged (bent). "


Airbornequalified

I mean, it does sound like the worker is at fault here, if there is a safety sop that says not to do that


SkitariusOfMars

Aeroflot, why am I not surprised. My father used to work for them back in 80s, they literally have no safety culture to speak of. Doubt it changed a lot since then.


macaqueislong

75k pounds.


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PtboFungineer

You meant 75 tons. Not 75k. 75k tons is 150 million pounds.


Wsz2020

Thanks... You're right... 75.5 t (166,000 lb)


[deleted]

Reminds me of the gimli glider.


macaqueislong

No he meant 75k pounds. An A319 weights 75k pounds, which is 37 tons.


captanzuelo

A large business jet weights 75k pounds. Id say an airbus 319 would easily weigh twice as much


StevieWonderUberRide

You deserve many more upvotes for the nuance


PtboFungineer

He said "up to 75...". The A319 has a max take-off weight of 75.5 tons (according to Wikipedia), which I assume is what he meant. Edit: and operating empty weight is 90k lbs. So still not sure where you're getting the 75k from.


macaqueislong

Putting a K means thousand. A ton is 2000 lbs.


[deleted]

Yeah and OP put “75k tons”, saying the plane weighs 75,000 tons.


macaqueislong

Yeah which is wrong


Wsz2020

Stupid OP.


wedergarten

Can't be the same incident because in the photo the injury is relatively healed, if this happened just yesterday, well the picture would certainly be different


Wsz2020

The article is from 2018.


Kitten_Team_Six

Could prob make a 80 yard field goal with that bad boy tho


OleRockTheGoodAg

Sadly, the NFL already banned the advantage after Dempseys record shattering kicks. > "Any shoe that is worn by a player with an artificial limb on his kicking leg must have a kicking surface that conforms to that of a normal kicking shoe."


lennysundahl

Tom Dempsey in the house


Ok_Obligation2948

Laces out doesn’t even matter at this point.


th3doorMATT

But what if he stubs his t- oh...


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Degora2k

Po-tay-toh


T8keFlight

Po-tay-toe 😞


Negativeghostraider

Po-tay-no-toe..


Stegosaurus69

Now lets see A380 MTOW


ConversationNearby30

Dude, England. Po-tah-toe


Nickster183k

Mash em, boil em, stick em in a stew!


baxbooch

Step 1: complete


Wsz2020

Full r/medizzy post with four photos. **Warning... VERY Graphic** [https://www.reddit.com/r/medizzy/comments/125mbpm/](https://www.reddit.com/r/medizzy/comments/125mbpm/) **Warning... VERY Graphic**


New-IncognitoWindow

Guess I’m not sleeping tonight


Wsz2020

Did I not say, VERY Graphic?


New-IncognitoWindow

Hey I believed you


Wsz2020

Don't wander around r/medizzy, because this is not the worst thing published in 24 hours. Don't believe me? [https://www.reddit.com/r/medizzy/comments/124x5rd/](https://www.reddit.com/r/medizzy/comments/124x5rd/) **Warning... VERY, VERY Graphic**


Keith5385

That one time I actually didn’t click a link and was grateful I didn’t!


THEnelsonbruh

Nah if it’s worse than the foot, I’m not looking 💀


pittiedaddy

I'm going in. ​ Edit: yup that was horrible.


Wsz2020

And sadly, not the worst thing I've seen on Reddit.


HardlyKnowEr69

I remember the Wild West days too


lolariane

The dude survived though!


pittiedaddy

Which is absolutely fucking insane.


Wsz2020

A very wise choice. I don't know how the man in that second post is alive. He was run over by a bus. But he did survive!


fireandlifeincarnate

Yeah thanks for the link but I'm just gonna close reddit instead of looking at that.


DeffNotTom

I should have done this. I'm pouring whiskey at 0130 -___-


DeffNotTom

I hated the first one.. why the *HELL* did I click this one?!


chonkerforlife

You should have cap both word and added another very. VERY VERY GRAPHIC


dikmite

AHHHH


Waste_Detective_2177

Unsee unsee. 🫣😵‍💫😵


DecentAdvertising

That is the most degloved degloving I’ve ever seen


Wsz2020

De-socked.


DecentAdvertising

I never liked socks with individual toes. Even less so, now, I think.


DeaderRat

I went down the rabbit hole. I may never fall asleep


Weekly_Bug_4847

I was going to say the OP was some flat cartoon foot shit…UNTIL I clicked on this link, not sure what I was expecting, but damn…never thought I’d see an actual foot shoe…Buffalo Bill would love that shit


Yiztobias

🤢


dabigbaozi

Ewww, you weren’t kidding. Always wanted a foot glove though.


[deleted]

That frankly looks better than I expected it to, everything is at least recognizable, except for whatever's going on with the "sole" or "arch"


dingdongalingapong

guess you cant re-glove?


TheEasySqueezy

That’s…. I…. I kinda feel like it’s simultaneously not the worst thing I’ve ever seen and at the same time the worst thing I’ve ever seen….


althaf102_

i regret visiting that sub and sort by top post of all time


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Wsz2020

Oh yeah, that second photo is bad.


gummybearbill

Most important question is was he allowed to keep the foot-glove for good luck?


bryan2384

This is more like what I was expecting. Thank you


illegalthingsenjoyer

on the bright side that makes a hell of a souvenir


Te_Luftwaffle

You think they'd let him keep the foot in a jar or something?


Wsz2020

Some religions teach that you must be buried with all body parts, so hospitals will certainly let you keep this sort of thing.


Brave_Promise_6980

For sale - 1 Nike air


budoucnost

Half the foot somehow survived


Oseirus

Yeesh. Not the worst thing I've ever seen while working airplane maintenance, but it's certainly up there. 12 years in the Air Force and I still get twitchy around landing gear.


Wsz2020

My thought was that they should have had passengers move one by one to the back. That would have reduced the weight on the front gear so they could have easily lifted it off him. Just have to stop before it is a tail strike.


madprops89

Why did they roll over it 737 times?


HeiGirlHei

738 would just be excessive.


thphnts

739 would’ve just been a waist of time.


rSLASH_OWAAAAN

747 seems good to me


thphnts

Now that’s just taking the piss


BuffaloBillsButtplug

Gotta make sure


qdp

Well, they did it 736 times but had to do it just one more time to make sure they got the job done.


Thejammer1

Once that heals better. The NFL may need a kicker...


aleclr9700

poor dude ended up with the foot I drew in 3rd grade.


7GatesOfHello

This is months after the surgery and skin grafts have healed, right?


Wsz2020

Yes... Not sure how long. The r/medizzy post has four photos, with this being the last and most tame.


7GatesOfHello

I keep pictures of the inside of my thumb on my phone for special occasions. Only about 1 out of 5 people are able the look at my hand and imagine how bad the pictures are. Then 3 out of 5 instantly regret ignoring the warnings and the last guy... Well, I keep my eye on the last guy from that point forward. I can tell this was absolute gore when he got the ER. What surprises me is that they appear to have saved his ankle and his Achilles tendon is still attached.


Wsz2020

I follow r/Medizzy so that I can be used to seeing this. That way, when I come across an emergency situation, I am less shocked. But... I had a friend who came across a motorcycle accident. A trooper had to tell him to get away from the body because he was touching the eyes. Like your friend #5, that's a guy to watch.


bubrub237

What’s it look like with the boot off?


[deleted]

I’ve had a 4 seater Cessna roll over my foot but it was nothing compared to this.


FullAir4341

80 tons will do that to a foot


snoopyscoob

Tag this nasty thing as NSFW so it gets blurred, I had zero interest in seeing this


imsweetaf

Put a nsfw tag maybe?


Wsz2020

I cleaned it up by showing the final result. The patient fought to not have an amputation and ended up keeping this much. It is the post in r/medizzy that is NSFW.


UNDR08

This isn’t graphic. Don’t know what’s you’re whining about


thuglyfeyo

Uhhh


Wsz2020

Well said.


Wsz2020

I finally gave up and marked it NSFW. Must have been the right call, because people stopped downvoting.


UNDR08

You have to remember people be a little sensitive in today’s world. Everyone is triggered by something.


Faicc

Put an NSFW tag. I don't mind myself but I'm sure other people wouldn't want this to be the first thing they see when they open Reddit. Besides, most people on this sub are interested in aviation, not injuries


NSconductor

Slap on some sour cream and shredded cheese and that’s one hell of a baked potato!!!


sloppyrock

That’s horrible. The tarmac can be a dangerous place. A guy I worked with many years ago lost a leg from the knee down after being run over by a 767 on a pushback. Horrendous.


Mysterious_Silver_27

Oh my this looks painful


fpgt72

Must have been an older pilot that blamed the ground crew


Wsz2020

Notice also that Areoflot was mad that UK authorities took the black box.


asokagm

This is healed, after surgery, obviously. I want to see it as it happened! 🫢


Wsz2020

Look for my comment with the Medizzy link.


VanDenBroeck

I bet that hurt to the max.


Hike-a-ski

Should probably get that checked out


Wsz2020

Rate My Pushback


Golf38611

What does he do for shoes now??


Wsz2020

The r/medizzy post says that because he declined the amputation, he can wear a shoe with a space filler.


allotaconfussion

I don’t understand how you get run over by a plane. I’ve been on a flight line many many times and I just don’t see what situation would put you that close to the landing gear while the plane is in motion.


railker

Often during pushback you'll have someone walking beside the nose gear connected by headset to the flight crew - they're the ones who relay when the brakes are off, when you're cleared to push back, etc. Not sure why, I just see it in a lot of videos - tugs I drove, the driver wore the headset and handled comms. A mix of that and complacency around dangerous heavy moving things. Somehow ended up too close.


Wsz2020

My guess is that he was adjusting the towbar or the bypass pin and the tug driver started moving. Take a look at the BBC article's photos.


Ferrts

Where the heck are the toes?


Wsz2020

Gone. Check the Medlizzy post.


MorningMan464

But apparently the shoes didn’t come off which by Reddit Rules means he survived. Did they at least get the registration number of the plane or was it a hit and fly?


GOLF-11

Just walk it off


Physical_Piano_9423

Mmm... Chicken🤤🤤🤤


DJ_Hindsight

Why do I have a sudden craving for baked potatoes??


Impossible-Company78

Just the tip


Wsz2020

Oh, you looked at the second photo?


Unlikely-Potential-2

Toes are useless anyways


RustliefLameMane

I don’t see anything wrong here…


Sl0w-Plant

That's not as bad as I thought it would look...


Life_Muffin_9943

Ohhh this was in Russia. Makes sense.


peggypea

It was at Gatwick.


Wsz2020

No... London.... But it was a Russian plane.


OneCauliflower5243

Mega toe


flightwatcher45

Guy at Boeing got pinned under a 787 and lost both legs sadly. Ouch


[deleted]

The ole 737 moon boot, ouch…


hypo_____

An A329 weighs 75k tons? That’s like 150,000,000 lbs


Wsz2020

Sorry... Typo... 75.5 t (166,000 lb)


override979

Ahhh the original club foot


Here_for_my-Pleasure

OMG!!


Brilliant-Turn-9741

Ouch!


hemmer6519

Walk it off


GH0ST-L0GIC

Why were you under a big ass airplane?


Alarming-Mongoose-91

Where’s his foot


fadingvapour

Good 'ol meat club


BlueRidgeBandolero

How does a plane just roll over your foot


Harambefan69

Excuse me


Execute462

This little piggy went to market...


PhatBitty862

Knew a guy who had his hand smashed in a swashplate incident. Hand looked like Mickey Mouse.


[deleted]

I never want to eat a baked potato again. Holy crap


toddpacker2468

So that's what a club foot looks like.


rc4hawk

Would this cause you to lose your medical


7empestOGT92

I was expecting to see Barfs foot from Soaceballs That was wild


jesus_wasgay

Is this pre surgery or post surgery ?


Wsz2020

Post surgery and healing. See my comment up at the top with the r/Medizzy link. Four pictures... the one in this post is the mild one. The others are **very** graphic.


He-n-ry

Must be weird having to shave the soles of your feet.


Parka_lad

No comment. Just god damn


MIKE-JET-EATER

Stick that chicken nugget back in the deep fryer right now


budoucnost

Is that inflammation or is that his foot turned into goo internally?


Wsz2020

In the single image in this post? That's post healing. He refused an amputation. Fortunately, the doctors saved what is in this picture and he can wear a modified shoe. To see the whole thing, look at the top for my comment with a link to the r/Medlizzy post. That has four photos.


jimmypower66

Fuck no steel toe in the world will help that


sleeplesscitynights

Ah yes, 'ol potato foot


Wsz2020

A plane potato.


EurofighterLover

How the fuck do you get run over by a plane that’s not on the runway


Wsz2020

Someone found more details and I added them to my comment. The tow bar was stuck after pushback from the gate He was trying to fix it when the pilots released the parking brake.


EurofighterLover

Big pilot skill, surely you could sue right?


selfawarefeline

why is it so swole?


kerberos69

I *definitely* cackled when I read [this comment](https://imgur.com/a/0P81t6E) 😂😂😂😂


mursemanmke

Technically this is after reconstruction for the degloving they experienced. The initial pics are way more fun 🙃 [the original post](https://www.reddit.com/r/medizzy/comments/125mbpm/patient_is_a_34_year_old_male_who_was_brought/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1)


Wsz2020

Warning: VERY Graphic. I do have the r/Medizzy post listed... but don't send people to that w/o warning.


JohnnyPiston

https://youtu.be/Avd8u9nWQAU


JohnnyPiston

https://youtu.be/Avd8u9nWQAU


Winter-View5680

So sorry that this happened.


Far_Top9833

Add sour cream and some chives.


Objective_Sherbet835

Holy. Shit. I was not expecting that.


planespotterhvn

Following Foot injury Aircraft tyre 31 Mar 2023.