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Old 14th May 2011, 17:27
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Originally Posted by flyguy100
the real story is the tug and tow bar were removed, after start checks done an left area was side was clear, as the tug was goin away from the ac towards the rear the towbar came away from the tug as the pin they had used was to short to hold the tow bar in it rolled back and got caught in front of the wheel as they were taxing out.
Aw dont spoil it - it was a much better story when the groundcrew didn't see it was still attached and it wrapped itself around the main gear - your story doesn't even have the fire service rushing to the rescue....
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