Sky Express AT42 at Athens on Oct 7th 2017, rotating propeller injures ground staff

Last Update: October 26, 2017 / 15:05:01 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 7, 2017

Classification
Accident

Airline
Sky Express Greece

Flight number
GQ-30

Departure
Athens, Greece

Destination
Paros, Greece

Aircraft Registration
SX-GRI

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

A Sky Express Greece Avions de Transport Regional ATR-42-500, registration SX-GRI performing flight GQ-30 from Athens to Paros (Greece), was preparing for departure, the right hand engine had been started and the right propeller was rotating when the propeller hit the hand and back of a ground handling worker. The worker received serious injuries and was taken to a hospital.

Greece's AAIASB rated the occurrence an accident and opened an investigation.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 7, 2017

Classification
Accident

Airline
Sky Express Greece

Flight number
GQ-30

Departure
Athens, Greece

Destination
Paros, Greece

Aircraft Registration
SX-GRI

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

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