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Old 1st Jan 2005, 20:47
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j_davey
 
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i was there when it happened, i had just put the last bag on an aer arran atr at stand 72 when the world just fell apart.....

ei-crk(a330) was pushed sideways and the cockpit roof struck the underside of the port wingtip of ei-daa(a330) . a monarch 757 turned through 90 degrees as mentioned already, an aer arran atr 42 was pushed over nearly onto its wingtip and burst two tyres, and airfrance 146 was blown across a taxiway, lots of steps and loaded baggage dollies were thrown on their side, chocks blew off the back of my float like paper and one of the deck boards blew away nearly hitting an atr next to me. various doors pulled off their hinges etc... etc... firebrigade and ambulances EVERYWHERE!!!

overall one of the scariest experiences of my life!

john.
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