JQ collision with safety car

[TimmyTee]

Word is a Jetstar 320 has collided with a safety car at SYD. Any more details known?

[RENURPP]

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/585x780/img_2756_0910a8eb4503ccfe63c5333bba95ac5f9100120a.jpeg

[Buckshot]

I can see the issue - the wing lights weren't switched on

[morno]

I can see the issue - the wing lights weren't switched on

Comment of the year!

[CIC]

Far more complex than Nav lights!

Was the vehicle driver wearing his ASIC card in an approved manner?

[Buttscratcher]

That doesn't look safe to me

[Lead Balloon]

That'll buff out.

[CaptainInsaneO]

See, shoulda left the taxi light on ;-)

[DROPS]

One less ATC delay. Winning!

[dejapoo]

Far more complex than Nav lights!

Was the vehicle driver wearing his ASIC card in an approved manner?

I hope he waved his ear plugs and hi vis vest prior to apron entry!!!

[TBM-Legend]

I hope he waved his ear plugs and hi vis vest prior to apron entry!!!


should have gone to SpecSavers

[aussieflyboy]

Wing Prop Crash

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1170x1258/img_4155_749667134571849355576f99b507949e5030b415.jpeg

[geeup]

If it was a Toyota the Airbus would’ve come off 2nd best!

[Lead Balloon]

There's an obvious mistake in the caption for that photograph. The ute is actually rammed under the engine propeller.

[Pinky the pilot]

How embarrassment!:O

(With apologies to Effie.)

Top bit of journalism from 7!:rolleyes:

[Stationair8]

Will the Jetstar Cessna be a write-off?

Are the propellers on a Jetstar plain carbon fibre or sustainable timber?

[Ascend Charlie]

Was the safety car on a treadmill?

It does look like the towbar is attached and somebody is on headset at the end of that cord. Or maybe they put it on after the Airbus dodged the school and found a clear vehicle to land on.

[ampclamp]

All jokes aside, the ute driver was taken to/maybe admitted to hospital and the ute is a write off.

With a tow bar and tug attached it appears to have already been under tow, which gives it the right of way.

[Lead Balloon]

I'm confused. In what circumstances wouldn't it have right of way??

[framer]

All jokes aside, the ute driver was taken to/maybe admitted to hospital and the ute is a write off.
One newspaper I read said the Ute driver was uninjured which allowed me to laugh at all the comments :)
The Ute being a write off will surely be insignificant compared to the cost of the engine lip and the associated pipes? Anyone with Engineering experience have an idea of what will be involved in repairing it? Or what it costs to keep a machine out of the air for a week?
​​​​​​​Another question while I’m on a roll, how does insurance work in situations like this?

[Ngineer]

For all you amateurs out there please take note. This is how you truly succeed in the aviation industry. This guy is destined for big things…….quite possibly management material. A real pro that isn’t here to f#!k spiders.

I am sure that this is not the last that we have heard of this guy.

[roundsounds]

Obviously the A320 didn’t have its ADSB in / out / up / down gadget pinging. How would the ute driver possibly know the A320 was there, it would not display on the Av-runaways APP. Probably no taxiing broadcast on CTAF.

[Uplinker]

Very hard to understand how they could not have seen each other.

Both the tug and the safety car would have driven past each other just before the collision, so that was a clear reason for both to stop.

Unless the "safety" car was driving much much too fast and/or there was very thick fog.

Maybe the tug was hooting a warning and the safety driver turned around to wave back without realising there was an aircraft attached ?

[nomorecatering]

These are the very same people that pull you over on the ramp for the smallest infraction and threaten to revoke your airside drivers authority. Don't ask me how I know about that.
Can imagine Car 10 would have been in a right tizz.

[3 Holer]

They don't make UTEs like they used to !

[MickG0105]

So, the old hypnotic spiral strikes again!

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/320x344/78049_1574236863_fbe956c6b3e200343a9760f70763a4a9290a782d.jp g


It's been causing problems in cartoons since the Wile E Coyote was a pup.

[nvfr]

Will the Jetstar Cessna be a write-off?

Are the propellers on a Jetstar plain carbon fibre or sustainable timber?

I thought Jetstar flew pipers

[WingNut60]

Oh what a feeling .................

[missy]

Very hard to understand how they could not have seen each other.

Both the tug and the safety car would have driven past each other just before the collision, so that was a clear reason for both to stop.

Unless the "safety" car was driving much much too fast and/or there was very thick fog.

Maybe the tug was hooting a warning and the safety driver turned around to wave back without realising there was an aircraft attached ?
First light was 18:38 UTC, sunrise was 6:07am so it was dark o'clock. Shift changeover normally occurs around 5am so maybe they were rushing back to base, or medical episode. Hope the driver is OK.

[Ngineer]

These are the very same people that pull you over on the ramp for the smallest infraction and threaten to revoke your airside drivers authority. Don't ask me how I know about that.
Can imagine Car 10 would have been in a right tizz.

Threaten?? These cowboys have revoked many licenses already, up to 6 months, for idiotic reasons such as driving behind an aircraft whilst the beacon was off and having it switched on when almost past it. There are a few newbies amongst them with no idea. I have almost been cleaned up by one who cut through the apron. This was an accident waiting to happen.

[Capn Bloggs]

First light was 18:38 UTC, sunrise was 6:07am.
Don't do that to me! :{ :}​​​​​​​

[Turbine Overheat]

You can’t park there :)

[Buster Hyman]

Nothing frightens a Triton!

[cLeArIcE]

Herd a few people say this could be medical related. Hope everyone is ok. The wing propeller may not be.

[Seabreeze]

Triton Driver highly experienced; possibly trained in Coffs Harbour area.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=triton+coffs+widowmaker#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:65bb3fd0,vid:i72mcOdSeGY,st:0

[MechEngr]

Google maps did not have that obstruction on it.

[KRviator]

Just waiting for a mate...

[Keith.]

"The crash happened at 5.30am (local time) while the unmanned A320 was being towed to an airport gate at the domestic terminal. Passengers were getting ready to board JQ760, bound for Adelaide, before the collision."

From 1news.co.nz

[framer]

I don’t believe they tow A-320’s unmanned in Australia, regardless of what the propellers are made of.

[olderairhead]

I am hearing the driver suffered a heart attack.

But who above cares. :mad: Better to make fun of him I suppose.

[CaptCloudbuster]

I am hearing the driver suffered a heart attack.

But who above cares. :mad: Better to make fun of him I suppose.

Confected outrage. (Sigh). How modern of you older.

Now that we possibly know actually what happened, wishing the driver a speedy recovery.

[Gne]

Anyone willing to take a bet a mobile phone was not involved?

Gne

[Chris2303]

Adds whole new meaning to "safety car"

[red_dirt]

Just imagine if the driver didn’t have an ASIC

[Stationair8]

Medical episode for the driver before or after the event?