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=====Aircraft loading===== Spinning propellers are always a hazard on ground working, such as loading or embarking the airplane. The tractor configuration leaves the rear of the plane as relatively safe working area, while a pusher is dangerous to approach from behind, while a spinning propeller may suck in things and people nearby in front of it with fatal results to both the plane and the people sucked in.{{undue weight inline|reason=Are pusher aircraft uniquely dangerous to ground crews compared to tractor aircraft?|date=April 2021}} Even more hazardous are unloading operations, especially mid-air, such as dropping supplies on parachute or skydiving operations, which are next to impossible with a pusher configuration airplane, especially if propellers are mounted on fuselage or sponsons.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}
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