Sterling B737 incident Malaga
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Sterling B737 incident Malaga
Just heard that there is a Sterling B737 sat on it's tail in Malaga at the moment.Hope there are no injuries. Anyone know any more? Any pics?
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Here's the link: sterling 738
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Apparently the forward L1 door had been opened as normal when the airbridge started to move up. It allegedly caught under the door and lifted the nose up into the air....
You can just see behind the airbridge a hi-loader has been positioned to support the nose wheel.
There is going to be some paperwork to fill in there!!!
You can just see behind the airbridge a hi-loader has been positioned to support the nose wheel.
There is going to be some paperwork to fill in there!!!
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The consequences...
Was the airbridge operator rated on that particular type of airbridge? One wonders just how many unqualified airbridge operators there are out there.
And security... it didn't take a knife or more than four ounces of liquid to do this. Unless, of course, the liquid was imbibed. Now we'll need random sobriety checks for airbridge operators.
Oh my...
And security... it didn't take a knife or more than four ounces of liquid to do this. Unless, of course, the liquid was imbibed. Now we'll need random sobriety checks for airbridge operators.
Oh my...
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The aircraft must have had some right "fatties" down the back for this to happen 
I have witnessed 2 airbus doors being ripped off by jetties ... they certainly didn't lift the aircraft up in the air!
I have witnessed 2 airbus doors being ripped off by jetties ... they certainly didn't lift the aircraft up in the air!
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Indeed my only previous experience similar to this was Airbridge vs Fokker70 & saw the F70 come off the worse. Infact the door came off (literally!) the worse...
Perhaps MOL has it right with his no airbridge policy. It's not just the additional expense of using them (at some airports) that you have to worry about!
Indeed my only previous experience similar to this was Airbridge vs Fokker70 & saw the F70 come off the worse. Infact the door came off (literally!) the worse...
Perhaps MOL has it right with his no airbridge policy. It's not just the additional expense of using them (at some airports) that you have to worry about!
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Or you just don't open the door till the bridge is attached.
Why would you fling the door open while the jet bridge is in the process of being attached? That's just asking for something like this to happen....if indeed this is what has happened.
Why would you fling the door open while the jet bridge is in the process of being attached? That's just asking for something like this to happen....if indeed this is what has happened.
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Sounds to me like the auto-level has gone wrong (it moves up and down to match the suspension movement of the a/c). I have witnessed it move up into a few doors, and grounding the a/c. This one obviously went full travel, probably to the 747 limit!
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Airbridges are known to foul-up now and then.
In my dispatching days, I met a B747 at Heathrow. The jetty decided to drive out towards the stand just as I powered up the beast.(aircraft was parking) we moved forward a few feet and one of the pitot tubes entered the side of the jetty canopy! Nearly tore a new a***hole for one of the rep's !
In my dispatching days, I met a B747 at Heathrow. The jetty decided to drive out towards the stand just as I powered up the beast.(aircraft was parking) we moved forward a few feet and one of the pitot tubes entered the side of the jetty canopy! Nearly tore a new a***hole for one of the rep's !
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From the web site "thinkSpain":
Defective airport finger lifts plane in air
By: thinkSPAIN
The passengers on board a Sterling flight from Scandanavia that landed at Málaga airport yesterday lunchtime got the fright of their lives when the passenger disembarkation walkway (finger) began to vibrate violently, lifting the front of the plane completely off the ground.
Fortunately, none of the passengers was injured though they were forced to leave from the rear of the plane using a mobile staircase.
The Isolux-Corsán company responsible for the cleaning, maintenance and operation of the service has launched an investigation to determine whether the problem was the result of human or mechanical error.
Monday, July 21, 2008
By: thinkSPAIN
The passengers on board a Sterling flight from Scandanavia that landed at Málaga airport yesterday lunchtime got the fright of their lives when the passenger disembarkation walkway (finger) began to vibrate violently, lifting the front of the plane completely off the ground.
Fortunately, none of the passengers was injured though they were forced to leave from the rear of the plane using a mobile staircase.
The Isolux-Corsán company responsible for the cleaning, maintenance and operation of the service has launched an investigation to determine whether the problem was the result of human or mechanical error.
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