I overheard one of the girls in McDonalds saying that the operator was conscious after being rescued and was admitted in stable condition. She also said that the Airport Atrocity had said that the "Faulty" aerobridge had recently been fitted with the new, super-powerful air-conditioning packs (underneath). They were now worried that the added weight "may" be a factor, possibly in the design/balance of Aerobridge. At one stage last night, the cleaners were saying that they were going to suspend the use of all jet bridges and use air-stairs instead, only that they didn't have enough to service the flights
. They decided to go with only the inner bridges incase... hoping that if they collapsed, it wouldn't take out the 2nd bridge. Plenty of head-scratching on how to deal with the A380 top-deck bridges... To the crews using the engineer stairs to embark... no rocking please!
The same girl in McD's also heard that the gate staff were herding the last 8 late runners through the main Gate entrance and down towards the ramp when the bridges toppled.... had they been 10 seconds quicker, they would have all been on it when she went....
