Amanda Gallagher (37) died after she backed into airplane propeller while taking photographs

[Bewitchingstorm]

Authorities in Kansas say a woman has died after she backed into an airplane propeller while taking photographs.

The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said 37-year-old Amanda Gallagher was taking pictures at the Air Capital Drop Zone in Derby, on Saturday, Oct. 26, when she backed into the moving propeller.

Gallagher was critically injured, and transported to a local hospital where she later died.

A spokesperson for Cook Airfield, where the incident occurred, would not speculate about the circumstances surrounding the incident.

“Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the young lady who died yesterday,” they said in a post on the airfield’s Facebook page.

https://people.com/kansas-woman-dies...photos-8735191

Her FB: https://www.facebook.com/MandaPants21

Her business: https://www.facebook.com/AGPhotography44

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory...uneral-support

[raisedbywolves]

We have a couple of other stories similar to this. It seems a like a freak event, but it happens often enough that you would think people would be more cognizant of their surroundings around airplanes. Very sad though.

[Bewitchingstorm]

I know ~ it has happened more than one would think. It is very sad.

[Angiebla]

Does the propellor have some kind of suction power?

[Nic B]

I don't get how this happens, you would think someone would get as far away from that death trap as possible.