Runaway Lear Jet At Gatwick
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Runaway Lear Jet At Gatwick
Just heard that on Friday the 18th a Lear Jet was at Gatwick with both engines running , one of the crew members vacated the aircraft to check on something, on returning to the cockpit the crew member triped in the cockpit and hit the starboard throttle and doing so the aircraft went for a trip aroiund the apron and hit a parked vehicle in doing so.
One of the crew sustained a broken leg i believe in the incident, and the aircraft if in a hangar somewhere the aircraft registration D-CNIK any further details on this??
One of the crew sustained a broken leg i believe in the incident, and the aircraft if in a hangar somewhere the aircraft registration D-CNIK any further details on this??
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Not another accident for Cirrus???
They only overran LTN a month ago or so.
www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=431862
They only overran LTN a month ago or so.
www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=431862
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Oh so that's what happened - I passed by the 140's that night and saw that the aircraft was parked so extremely close to a silver vehicle that it looked like it was leaning on it. It obviously was! - I clocked some LGW police vehicles in the area but wasn't sure what was going on..
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I heard it slightly differently...
Apparently they had the starboard engine running and the Capt. was dealing with ground services/catering when the F.O. accidentally kicked the throttle getting into his seat. The handling agent and Capt. were then 'pinned down' by the aircraft as they attempted to stop the aircraft by pushing the nose (no parking brake/chocks??) and that the Captain is still in a critical condition in hospital!
Am hoping for his sake that this is rumour control and that it is indeed 'just' a broken leg.
Unlucky couple of months for Cirrus though, bet their client base is diminishing rapidly ....
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Apparently they had the starboard engine running and the Capt. was dealing with ground services/catering when the F.O. accidentally kicked the throttle getting into his seat. The handling agent and Capt. were then 'pinned down' by the aircraft as they attempted to stop the aircraft by pushing the nose (no parking brake/chocks??) and that the Captain is still in a critical condition in hospital!
Am hoping for his sake that this is rumour control and that it is indeed 'just' a broken leg.
Unlucky couple of months for Cirrus though, bet their client base is diminishing rapidly ....
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If he had his yellow vest on then he will be uninjured. We all know that by wearing the yellow vest we can't be injured or killed. Best piece of safety equipment ever invented.
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Originally Posted by Blu2
.....the F.O. accidentally kicked the throttle getting into his seat......
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The CL604 is still at Luton being repaired. It was in one of the Harrods hangar but is now in a Signature hangar.
I understand that the runaway Lear Jet has left Gatwick this morning.
I understand that the runaway Lear Jet has left Gatwick this morning.
Lear brakes
Folks, Learjet parking brake is to be trusted as far as a ...They can slip off even when the handle is correctly set and the parking brake on light is...on! Very simple cable pinch design. Treat with extreme caution and never get out of your seat with an engine running. Sometimes corporate types need to slow down and wait, these big wigs aren't as important as they think or they'd hire a G550!