Georgia college student, 21, is killed in freak accident after being hit by plane’s propeller
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A Georgia college student, 21, is killed instantly by a propeller blade on his DATE after renting a Cessna plane to fly her to dinner in Savannah
- Sani Aliyu, 21, was killed Sunday night when he was hit twice in the head by the propeller of a small plane at the Statesboro-Bulloch County airport in Georgia.
- Aliyu, a sophomore at Georgia Southern University, has reportedly rented the plane to take a woman to Savannah on a date.
- The incident took place when the two were exiting the plane and the woman was walking backwards while Aliyu was walking forward and was hit by the propeller
- Capt. Todd Hutchens of the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office said: ‘Nobody is really to blame or anything’
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A Georgia college student was murdered before his date after bumping into the propeller of a Cessna plane he’d hired to chauffeur them for dinner.
Sani Aliyu, a Georgia Southern University student and originally from Nigeria, and his date were flown by a pilot and copilot on the 88-mile journey from Statesboro to Savannah.
When the plane doors opened, the 21-year-old’s girlfriend got out and walked to the back of the plane, but Aliyu went to the front, where he was hit twice by the plane’s propeller on the back of the head.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at the Statesboro-Bulloch County airport.
Sani Aliyu, a 21-year-old Georgia Southern University student, was killed Sunday when he was struck by a plane propeller at the Statesboro-Bulloch County airport.
Aliyu had flown to Savannah on a date with a girlfriend and was killed instantly when the propeller hit him twice in the head after walking towards the front of the plane after exiting the plane.
Bulloch County coroner Jake Futch revealed that Aliyu died immediately after being hit, despite an ambulance being called to the airport ramp area where the incident took place at approximately 10:45 PM.
“They flew to Savannah to go on a date, flew back, landed at the Statesboro airport, and the young lady got off the plane and walked to the back of the plane, and he got off the plane and walked to the front of the plane.” the plane. plane, and when he did, the propeller hit him,” Futch said.
Aliyu was a sophomore at university studying management, according to communications manager Melanie Simón.
Simón passed on a statement from Georgia Southern Dean of Students, Dr. Aileen C. Dowell, which said, “We were deeply saddened to hear of the tragic incident involving one of our students Sunday night.”
“I have already been in contact with his family and professors, and we have mobilized all available resources to provide counseling and other assistance that the university can provide,” she added.
In a statement from Georgia Southern University, the school said it was “deeply saddened to hear about the tragic incident”
Captain Todd Hutchens of the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office said police responded Sunday night to gather information, but details will be turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
“Nobody is really to blame or anything, it was an accident so we have to communicate all our information with them,” Hutchens said.
Hutchens added that the plane was stationary when the incident happened, and happened near the area where planes are parked.
A preliminary investigation by the FAA said the plane was a 2005 Cessna 172S, a small four-seat aircraft.
“The FAA and the NTSB are going to investigate. The NTSB will lead the investigation and provide any updates,” FAA spokesman Steve Kulm said.
While the administration does not identify people involved in accidents, they did provide the registration number, which indicated that the aircraft was registered with American Aviation Inc. in Brooksville, Florida.