Remote Control Push Back Tug
I heard a funny story early this week and I was wondering if it had any fact behind it.
One of our airlines is apparently using remote controlled, electric powered, push back tugs. I havn't heard of these before so I was quite curious.
The funny part was that the operator had an incident recently (or so I was assured) in which the wrong remote was used. The crew had asked for push back however their aircraft didn't move. When the operator of the tug looked around the next aircraft was slowly moving away from the bay. I can imagine the effect on those in the next aircaft........now when does the autopilot take over????
Last edited by Trash Hauler; 22nd Jul 2004 at 09:51.