Originally Posted by
angryrat
This is one of those ones where I think, that could easily have been me. A simple distraction compounded by seeing an expected response(engineer out by the wing and by the tug with a thumb up). Shows how careful you have to be because this could have ended up so much worse with an engineer not going home to family.
I'm taking something away from this one.
Good post angryrat.
The best procedures can always fall victim to non-application due to distraction or otherwise. The good thing about this incident is that no one was hurt, the result hopefully will be that it raises awareness of a potential safety issue and the processes are amended to at least try and avoid a recurrence.