A horrifying simulation has given us an insight into what would happen if you got sucked into the engine of an airplane.
A simulation video created by Atomic Marvel on YouTube has gone viral for showing, in graphic detail, exactly what would occur during this very specific (and very deadly) freak accident.
Spoiler: it's not pretty.
The video wastes no time. It starts with a human figure being sucked straight into the turbine.
Within seconds, the figure is torn to shreds, pulverized into tiny red particles. The unsettling visual has been compared to "a tomato in a smoothie blender," and the video doesn’t shy away from the gore.
Close-up shots reveal just how little time the human has — and how fast the engine does its work. In mere moments, there’s almost nothing left.
Despite the grisly content, the comment section was — as the internet does — flooded with jokes and stunned reactions.
“I like how the plane starts breakdancing at the end after killing the human,” one user wrote, referencing the simulation’s dramatic aftermath.
Another commenter joked: “Props to this guy for taking off his skin and purposefully getting sucked into a plane engine just to show us how it looks.”
A third quipped: “For everyone wondering: it's for safety reasons that if a human body gets sucked into the engine the plane automatically starts spinning around like crazy.”
But it’s not all jokes — one YouTube user claiming to work on an air ramp dropped some real-life wisdom about just how seriously this kind of scenario is taken in the aviation industry.
“Don’t stand in front or near an engine when the lights are flashing. If the engines need an air start, there are several people who give an all-clear before pushing air through the engine," they wrote.
"If you need to do an engine run, there are several people in different spots to ensure no one walks near the engine before given an all-clear."
Then they shared a chilling close call: “Once had an employee walk in front of an engine to tell me he was next to the wing. When I saw him walking towards me I nearly shit bricks and shouted at him to get away from the engine!
“The mechanics had their hands up ready for an all-clear on the air start. The guy didn’t listen and came to me to tell me something stupid about where he was standing."
They added: “I made him watch them turn the engine on, and you can see a gust of force push through. Told him he is lucky we didn’t send him home to his wife in a trash bag.
"After that he was no longer allowed to work on the air ramp and was forced to work in the warehouse.”