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Old 27th Oct 2017, 12:51
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tescoapp
 
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Its not that uncommon going for a spin on the apron in Finland Sweden etc.

The aprons are basically BA poor for the whole of the winter.

Seen a 737-800 do a 270 spin while trying to turn off the taxiway he must have been under 5 knts when he started the turn. And the front started sliding when he tried to centre up and the back came round.

About 15 mins later the ops vehicle came onto the apron with the Mu unit behind it and it promptly went for a spin as well and jack knifed the trailer MU meter and went into a snow bank.

They put hot sand down after that.
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