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Plane to jetway: Can I have my door back?

Old 17th Jun 2010, 05:51
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Plane to jetway: Can I have my door back?

At DFW Wednesday morning, inbound AA 777 rolled back 200 ft (really? isn't that a typo?) just before passengers started deplaning. You know where the door isn't now.
Sky Talk: American 777 loses door at D/FW
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Old 17th Jun 2010, 08:59
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Follow the link and find another forum that has a resident idiot posting rubbish.

But the photos are interesting.
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Old 17th Jun 2010, 15:49
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Parking brake? Whatever happened to chocks?
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Old 17th Jun 2010, 17:23
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TV news story says wheel chocks were not set, and plane rolled back 200 feet while passengers were disembarking, snapping off the door against the jet bridge. Amazing that no one was hurt.
See: Door Flies Off American Airlines Plane
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Rolled backwards 200 feet? I guess that's a ramp that is really a ramp!
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Old 17th Jun 2010, 18:56
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I have had one occasion when the chocks slipped on a greasy ramp after the brakes had been released! Fortunately we noticed as we were conducting post flight checks etc and were able to reapply the brakes before the a/c had rolled a short distance. Luckily there was no damage other than the workload of filing an occurrence report at the end of a very long day!
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Old 17th Jun 2010, 19:04
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What sort of incline does this ramp have that it would cause an aircraft at (presumably) a complete stop to roll backwards 200 feet?
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Old 17th Jun 2010, 19:39
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Even though a wheel or axle may seem to be completely rigid, there is an awful lot of torsional energy stored in one that is braked to a stop -- especially if the final braking was severe. My guess is that this energy was held in by the final braking, and was only released when pressure in the hydraulic system bled away after the engines were shut down. It probably took a couple of minutes before enough force to overcome the static friction of the tires was accumulated, but after it did, the roll began.
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Old 17th Jun 2010, 19:54
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OK, I'll bite. I can visualize the torsional energy thing. But when the brakes are released the torsional energy would actually make the aircraft go forward until it is dissipated, not backwards. So either its the rocking out of snow effect (where going forward against an incline makes it easier to go backward etc.) or its more simple - its on a wicked slope and they forgot to chock the airplane. I go for simple.

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Old 17th Jun 2010, 21:14
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I'm not sure I understand the 'torsional energy' idea. Blown downwind perhaps?

I find the '200 ft' roll a bit implausible too. Wouldn't someone have noticed?
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Old 17th Jun 2010, 21:43
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What was the "off-blocks" time Captain???
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Old 18th Jun 2010, 02:38
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parking brake malfunction

DGS is used at DFW gates. No guideman required so chocks not installed until ground handlers show up. Parking brake valve malfunction and A/C rolled backwards. I imagine some procedures will change.

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Old 18th Jun 2010, 04:21
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I remember when there were lots of competent mechanics waiting for a plane to park...and that chocks in was a signal from the ground crew...then and only then would you release the parking brakes...even then it was a gentle process and if there was any roll, bam the brakes were back on.
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Old 18th Jun 2010, 04:33
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My good friend checking out in a DC10 at the same airline as a captain released the handle before the brake and it rolled into the jetbridge. He had been in the right seat so he forgot about how to properly set the brake.
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Old 18th Jun 2010, 14:34
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A couple of questions for the Euro crews that use the parking systems which I've seen in places like Madrid,

Is there a requirement for a member of the ramp crew to man some sort of a stop signal button as an aircraft approaches the gate? Is there also a requirement to chock an aircraft after parking with the auto system? Is an aircraft allowed to park using the auto system without any ramp personnel being present at all?
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Old 18th Jun 2010, 15:55
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OK, I'll bite. I can visualize the torsional energy thing. But when the brakes are released the torsional energy would actually make the aircraft go forward until it is dissipated, not backwards
Yes it would. And the release would have to be sudden to generate an impulse strong enough to set the aircraft rolling. A slow bleed-off of brake pressure and the aircraft would simply ease forward a distance commensurate with the amount the axle was twisted. I would guess mere centimetres.
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I thought that all you experts out there would realise that most parking bays are built on an upslope of about 2%.

Why?

It makes it so much easier for the tug to push the aircraft back and it also makes it easier for those aircraft that are capable of doing so to power back by using reverse thrust without using a tug.

This has been discussed many times in the past on pprune (wake up those of you who are sat at the back of the class).
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Old 18th Jun 2010, 16:54
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I thought that all you experts out there would realise that most parking bays are built on an upslope of about 2%.
Where? The UK?

Maybe at some brand new well designed terminals in the US, certainly none that I can think of. I think with lowest bidder contracts, we're lucky of the slope is +/-2% in any direction
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Old 18th Jun 2010, 21:33
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Everywhere I go around europe the operator won't connect the jetbridge until the chocks are in place

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Old 18th Jun 2010, 22:38
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clearly the lously ground crew were having a fag
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