Amanda Gallagher was on the plane to snap photos of skydivers, and she rode the plane back down after the skydivers jumped, according to Air Capital Drop Zone, where the incident took place.
A photographer suffered a horrifying death when she backed into an airplane propeller while taking pictures. Passengers near the plane witnessed the death of the experienced travel photographer at a Kansas airfield, according to reports.
Around 2.40 p.m. Saturday, Amanda Gallagher, 37, was taking photos at an airfield just outside of Wichita when she hit the plane’s propeller while the aircraft was on the ground, according to the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office. Gallagher was rushed to hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. Air Capital Drop Zone, a Kansas-based skydiving company, said on Monday that Gallagher was booked as an observer to take photos while on one of its flights.