Incident at EGHI?
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Well from a certain social website with crew stuck and sarcastic comments.
Its seems something at low speed manovering on the apron went off roading and is now stuck in the mud presumably inside the runway safety zone.
Its seems something at low speed manovering on the apron went off roading and is now stuck in the mud presumably inside the runway safety zone.
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Aye they do, and have done for years. Most Jetstream departures out of Aberdeen are power backs as well. And they have been doing it since they were J32's only which must getting on for 15 years now.
Its not an issue to be honest with either the J31/J32 or J41.
Its not an issue to be honest with either the J31/J32 or J41.
It was only a matter of time.
Been waiting for this to happen. I've witnessed some really 'sporty' Eastern power backs that have made me question the manoeuvre. Hopefully a wake up call to the rogue few.
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Over the years I have seen and read numerous ASR's/reports of incidents during push back on J32's/J32's/J41's, Bar's breaking, uncarrages collapsing steering racks getting jammed and even getting pushed back onto the grass!!.
This is the first one that I can think of with crew going back to far during power back. And I watch for these things to put out in safety updates where I work.
There are reasons why sometimes the power backs look a bit sporty especially in Aberdeen is there is often a drain which collects the run off between apron and taxi way. If you don't get a bit of momentum going you can get trapped in that without out enough umff to get out of it backwards. Said drain in ABZ has been known to defeat a tug with a heavy aircraft and slippery apron and I would hate to imagine the forces on the nose gear with a single point of force and trying to shove ten tons over a curb and up hill.
This is the first one that I can think of with crew going back to far during power back. And I watch for these things to put out in safety updates where I work.
There are reasons why sometimes the power backs look a bit sporty especially in Aberdeen is there is often a drain which collects the run off between apron and taxi way. If you don't get a bit of momentum going you can get trapped in that without out enough umff to get out of it backwards. Said drain in ABZ has been known to defeat a tug with a heavy aircraft and slippery apron and I would hate to imagine the forces on the nose gear with a single point of force and trying to shove ten tons over a curb and up hill.
