An engineer working on an airplane iengine in New Zealand was sucked into the machine and killed.Air New Zealad confirmed the man's death, saying he was working on the Lockheed C-130 Hercules engine early Monday. He was identified by local television reports as Miles Hunter, 51. The engine was not attached to a plane, but was on a stand when the incident occurred.Rob Fyfe, chief executive of Air New Zealand,told TVNZ News that officials were at a "complete loss" as how the incident occurred."It was a very routine procedure with very experience people involved," he said.Although rare, such gruesome deaths are not unprecedented. A U.S. navy serviceman survived after being sucked into a jet engine on an aircraft carrier in 1991.http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/weird/Man-Dies-After-Being-Sucked-Into-Jet-Engine-127223098.html
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