A Nigerian student in Georgia, United States of America, Sani Aliyu, was killed in front of his date after walking into the propeller of a Cessna plane that he’d hired to chauffuer them to dinner.
A report by Daily Mail said preliminary investigation by the FAA showed that the plane was a 2005 Cessna 172S, a small plane with four seats.
Aliyu, a student at Georgia Southern University and originally from Nigeria, and his date were flown by a pilot and co-pilot on the 58-mile journey from Statesboro to Savannah.
When the plane doors opened, the 21-year-old’s female friend stepped off and headed to the back of the plane, but Aliyu headed to the front, where he was struck twice by the plane’s propeller on the back of his head.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport.
According to Daily Mail, Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch revealed Aliyu died immediately upon being struck despite an ambulance being called to the airport’s ramp area where the incident occurred at approximately 10.45pm.
‘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 toward the back of the plane, and he got off the airplane and walked toward the front of the plane, and when he did, the propeller hit him,’ said Futch.
Aliyu was a sophomore at the University and majored in management, according to Communications Manager Melanie Simón.
Simón relayed a statement from Georgia Southern’s dean of students Dr. Aileen C. Dowell, which read ‘We were deeply saddened to hear about the tragic incident that involved one of our students Sunday night.’
‘I have already been in touch with his family and professors, and we have mobilized all available resources to provide counseling and any other assistance the university can give,’ she added.
