Count Niemantznarr
22nd Jul 2011, 15:27
G-VIIE. No idea how door 2 left was open as the air bridge went by?
Incident appears similar to this
El Al Boeing 777 grounded after door ripped off [Archive] - PPRuNe Forums (http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-96501.html)
750XL
22nd Jul 2011, 16:12
Most likely an autolevel failure (the mechanism that makes the bridge 'track' the aircraft's vertical movement during the turnaround). Depending on the age of the airbridge there is usually some sort of audio or visual warning when the autolevel system has failed. Autolevel's often fail when there is moisture or ice on the aircraft fuselage as the wheel cannot get a decent grip on the side of the aircraft.
I've also had it before where crew (although admittedly, usually engineers :ugh:) decide to open the door when they're fed up of waiting in the cabin for the two knocks and thumbs up.