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Old 12th Feb 2014, 16:19
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Jack1985
 
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Sober,

Forecast winds (as Bearcat point out) regardless of what your deeming of its predictability is, has always been used to determine where aircraft park including the aircraft's own requirements - We've never had such an issue in Cork since the late 80's with aircraft flipping over due wind following the practices which we use - For example there was a forecast wind gust of 23kts last week in Cork - We parked the ATR's into the wind regardless of whether or not the forecast proved right or not, its always better to be safe then sorry.

Perhaps it looks like an obvious flaw but in reality we don't know if localised eddies, unpredictable airflows or other factors had a part to play. Just saying it is perhaps a little unfair to express criticism of crew by referring to a photo and a FC which we know is incomplete evidence and as such it can only lead to a premature conclusion.
The aircraft was nose-in parked, and chocked, with the wind gust which approached 100kts (And I've never heard/seen anything like that!) the left main gear gave way - subsequently the left wing contacted the ground and its unconfirmed if there's prop damage. Its a basic parking error - and thus liability is always with the Dispatcher and Commander, which I'm sure we will hear about shortly.
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