Where is Rainboe to pass comment on this accident?
He had plenty to say on the Astraeus incident at Gatwick which he blamed an inept tug driver for. So hopefully he will be on here soon to show that he is a reasonable man after all, and he'll berate the pilot for some very shoddy work with unemployment as a suggested result.
Doubt we'll see him though.
This nearly happened many years ago at Gatwick when a Genair Shorts 360 had just started both engines, the crew were head down in the cockpit and didn't see that a/c was starting to move forward towards the cab of the GPU because the brakes were off. Fortunately the engineer could see what was happening and managed to get the GPU under way and away from the advancing prop at some speed. The crew looked up, slammed on the brakes and a disaster was averted. Because everyone knew each other there was a collective deep intake of breath, apologies offered and accepted, the a/c departed and life returned to normal. I don't believe there was ever an incident report raised and both the flight deck have gone on to have very successful careers with major companies and the engineer has long since retired.