American Airline plane catches fire on runway at Chek Lap Kok
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GSE maintenance at most Ground Handlers is not done on a wait until it breaks basis, there is preventative maintenance carried out. Each type will have a schedule for being taken to the workshops to be checked over and have items such as hoses replaced. That said, the Hi Loaders in particular can suffer split hoses due to the nature of their work and the climate they operate in.
All servicing of GSE is recorded and it is an area that is audited by the airlines when they carry out their GHA audit, including things like serviced fire extinguishers in each ramp vehicle. A lot of Airport authorities also audit the GHA's to ensure that incidents like this are a rarity. Obviously some audits are more thorough than others, but I would like to think that a major carrier such as American Airlines performs decent audits.
At the major airports I have worked at it was a requirement for all ramp staff to receive fire training, and recurrency training bi-annually. In that training will be an instruction to call the emergency services and advice not to try to be a hero. Stands usually have a dedicated emergency phone or failing that a landline phone to call from, plus there will be ramp staff with radio contact to their offices who can get the office staff to call the emergency services if needed.
As already mentioned, the height above ground of this fire is probably the major factor as to why the fire bottles in the vehicles, and the fire equipment at the head of stand, wasn't used.
All servicing of GSE is recorded and it is an area that is audited by the airlines when they carry out their GHA audit, including things like serviced fire extinguishers in each ramp vehicle. A lot of Airport authorities also audit the GHA's to ensure that incidents like this are a rarity. Obviously some audits are more thorough than others, but I would like to think that a major carrier such as American Airlines performs decent audits.
At the major airports I have worked at it was a requirement for all ramp staff to receive fire training, and recurrency training bi-annually. In that training will be an instruction to call the emergency services and advice not to try to be a hero. Stands usually have a dedicated emergency phone or failing that a landline phone to call from, plus there will be ramp staff with radio contact to their offices who can get the office staff to call the emergency services if needed.
As already mentioned, the height above ground of this fire is probably the major factor as to why the fire bottles in the vehicles, and the fire equipment at the head of stand, wasn't used.
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AA fire HKG
I was hiding behind a G&T in the CX bridge lounge which gave me a good view of the port side of AA when about 6 fire vehicles and an ambulance arrived from my position it appeared that they sprayed the APU tailpipe,clearly not the case.
Some appliances remained on scene for at least 5 hours
Some appliances remained on scene for at least 5 hours
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At the major airports I have worked at it was a requirement for all ramp staff to receive fire training, and recurrency training bi-annually. In that training will be an instruction to call the emergency services and advice not to try to be a hero. Stands usually have a dedicated emergency phone or failing that a landline phone to call from, plus there will be ramp staff with radio contact to their offices who can get the office staff to call the emergency services if needed.
As already mentioned, the height above ground of this fire is probably the major factor as to why the fire bottles in the vehicles, and the fire equipment at the head of stand, wasn't used.
As already mentioned, the height above ground of this fire is probably the major factor as to why the fire bottles in the vehicles, and the fire equipment at the head of stand, wasn't used.
