A Georgia faculty pupil was killed when he was struck by the propeller of the small plane he was on for a date-night flight, officers mentioned Tuesday.
The accident was reported shortly after 10:30 p.m. Sunday at Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport in Georgia, the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned.
“After the airplane taxied to the ramp space, a passenger obtained out and was struck by the propeller,” the company mentioned.
Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch informed the Statesboro Herald that the coed, Sani Aliyu of Atlanta, was on a date that included a round-trip flight to Savannah.
Aliyu, 21, was from Nigeria, NBC affiliate WSAV of Savannah reported.
Bulloch County Sheriff’s Capt. Todd Hutchens informed The Related Press {that a} pilot and a co-pilot had been additionally on the airplane. In complete, 4 individuals had been aboard, the FAA mentioned.
The plane, a single-engine Cessna 172, had landed with out incident, the federal company mentioned.
Aliyu was a sophomore at Georgia Southern College, college officers mentioned. Aileen C. Dowell, the Statesboro college’s dean of scholars, mentioned grief counselors might be out there to college students.
“We had been deeply saddened to listen to concerning the tragic incident that concerned considered one of our college students Sunday evening,” she mentioned in a press release to WSAV. “We’ve got mobilized all out there assets to offer counseling and some other help the college can provide.”
