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Romeo E.T.

22nd Feb 2016 12:39

Ethiopian B787 vs Airbridge at Harare Intl

https://twitter.com/KennethMelin/status ... 92/photo/1

ASN Aircraft incident 21-FEB-2016 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner ET-AOQ

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbvQjcEW4AE6A1d.jpg:large

Evanelpus

22nd Feb 2016 13:09

Amazing how it's always the airbridges that come out as a Winner on points!

Wirbelsturm

22nd Feb 2016 14:26

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Amazing how it's always the airbridges that come out as a Winner on points!

That's because airbridges weren't designed to be light in order to fly, no matter how hard the dispatchers try when they drive 'em!! :E

DirtyProp

22nd Feb 2016 14:43

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Seriously though an astonishing amount of money is lost due to such minor ground collisions.

Surely time the airlines acted on this? JFK alone seems to report such an event every month or so...

Airbus is working on a certified bumper retrofit as we speak...:E

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