A beach, a jogger, a failing plane, and death
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100316/ap_on_re_us/us_plane_kills_beachgoer
Quote:
The Lancair IV-P aircraft, which can be built from a kit, had lost its propeller and was "basically gliding" as it hit and instantly killed Jones, said Ed Allen, the coroner for Beaufort County on the South Carolina coast.



It seems to me there is no reason airplanes with engine failure should be silent, shouldn't a crash whistle be standard equipment?

Your engine stalls, you're crash landing, you pull a lever, and your plane starts making lots of noise.


The jogger in the article was wearing an iPod, but I think he would have heard a whistle.