He was trying to photograph a plane takeoff during a Navy exercise. The plane ended up nailing his head
Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News
September 30, 2019 at 01:57 PM
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A Bald Mountain Air Service plane taking off from an Arctic ice airstrip March 20, 2018, during a Navy training exercise injured a man by hitting him in the head, causing visible damage to the plane. Now federal investigators say the pilot was at fault. (National Transportation Safety Board photo)
Travis Major thought he had an understanding with the pilot about to take off from an ice airstrip near Deadhorse during a U.S. Navy submarine training exercise last year.
Major told federal investigators he figured he'd be safe along the floating runway while taking a picture of the plane's departure framed by Lego figures on a snow berm — a souvenir for his children.
The Bald Mountain Air Service plane took off for Deadhorse with two pilots and three passengers — researchers involved in the military exercise — around 7:45 that March evening.
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