Simviation Forum - 2 bad parkings and 1 crash landing

Dec 14^th, 2009 at 2:24pm

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U've probably all seen these b4 but id thought id share them with u!

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Reply #1 - Dec 14^th, 2009 at 2:37pm

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Did the plane get crashed into by the vehicle on the first one? The Remove Before Flight tags are still on. Crazy drivers Sad

I can't say I have seen these before, but it still makes me wonder how on Earth these events could've happened Grin

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Reply #2 - Dec 14^th, 2009 at 2:40pm

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I don't know about the first two but the last one is a fake, thank goodness.

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Reply #3 - Dec 14^th, 2009 at 2:43pm

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first one looks like no one put the parking brake on

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Reply #4 - Dec 14^th, 2009 at 6:27pm

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Hagar wrote on Dec 14^th, 2009 at 2:40pm:

I don't know about the first two but the last one is a fake, thank goodness.

Indeed. A composite using the Bruntingthorpe bomb-proof luggage container tests on the 747.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8faULAL-NA

#1 I suspect careless driving by the truck driver.

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Reply #5 - Dec 14^th, 2009 at 6:53pm

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#1.. NObody is that STUPID! Tell me it ain't so. Maybe a sheet of ice on the tarmac?

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Reply #6 - Dec 14^th, 2009 at 8:16pm

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Aircraft vehicle accidents happen frequently. That is why at commercial airports, all drivers are required to receive training and be certified annually. However it still doesn't prevent all accidents, as I have many photos on my work computer of incidents, including one last year between an airport ops truck and a United CRJ.

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http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4182629

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Reply #7 - Dec 14^th, 2009 at 9:28pm

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Steve M wrote on Dec 14^th, 2009 at 6:53pm:

#1.. NObody is that STUPID! Tell me it ain't so. Maybe a sheet of ice on the tarmac?

once again: parking brake.

At KAAO we had a line guy who was towing a Cessna 441 full of fuel when the towbar snapped off. The line guy did the complete opposite of what he was supposed to do and stopped the tug thinking he could jump off and stop the plane with his body. The Conquest rolled over the top of the tug and pinned it down under the nacelles. We had to jack up the plane just to get the tug out from under it. Luckily there wasn't any serious damage (the propellers and engine shaft were not damaged)

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Reply #8 - Dec 14^th, 2009 at 9:50pm

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The Ruptured Duck wrote on Dec 14^th, 2009 at 9:28pm:

Steve M wrote on Dec 14^th, 2009 at 6:53pm:

#1.. NObody is that STUPID! Tell me it ain't so. Maybe a sheet of ice on the tarmac?

once again: parking brake.

At KAAO we had a line guy who was towing a Cessna 441 full of fuel when the towbar snapped off. The line guy did the complete opposite of what he was supposed to do and stopped the tug thinking he could jump off and stop the plane with his body. The Conquest rolled over the top of the tug and pinned it down under the nacelles. We had to jack up the plane just to get the tug out from under it. Luckily there wasn't any serious damage (the propellers and engine shaft were not damaged)

I have to laugh.. I am so glad the airplane wasn't damaged! Is there any word on the tug driver?

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #9 - Dec 14^th, 2009 at 11:45pm

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it was a 1 1/2 years ago, the driver was not fired, but the person who attached the towbar to the tug was. The tug driver was a supervisor who made very good friends with the management. This is a symptom of the company which still exists today (although not the reason I left). The managers there always place personal relationships before the needs of the company. The driver was fired 9 months later for not reporting a hangar rash incident to the pilot (tried to get away with only telling the maintinance department and sliding it under the rug).

Thats all for now, unless anyone wants to hear the incredibly long list of sublimely idiotic behaviors of other employees who worked there during my time? Grin

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