There were (unconfirmed) reports on social media yesterday that the tow bar snapped during push back, causing the tug to subsequently crash into the nose gear with substantial force.
Farcebook "report"?? What
is confirmed by the picture is that the aeroplane ran over the tug, not the other way round!
Originally Posted by Basil
I think that, if you want to be taken seriously, you should moderate your language.
Perhaps if people want to be taken seriously, they shouldn't dismiss, out of hand, a procedure that would in all probability have prevented this. To hop on here, as Flarearmed did, and rip into ACMS' comments beggars belief.