Damage on ground by Wake Vortex
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Damage on ground by Wake Vortex
Can a wake vortex off an aircraft actually cause damage to buildings on the flight path below?
If this is at all possible, does the airline involved carry any liability?
If this is at all possible, does the airline involved carry any liability?
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Can a wake vortex off an aircraft actually cause damage to buildings on the flight path below?
I don't know about liability, but I suppose it varies from country to country
Can a wake vortex off an aircraft actually cause damage to buildings on the flight path below?
If this is at all possible, does the airline involved carry any liability?
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As with icefalls, it's very difficult to assign responsibility for a specific ground vortex damage event to a specific flight, so in practice probably not.
"Under Section 76(2) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 legal responsibility for damage caused by aircraft rests with the operator of the aircraft concerned."
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If this is at all possible, does the airline involved carry any liability?
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The BAA at Heathrow certainly used to operate a scheme where an insurance loss adjuster would visit any home that had, allegedly, suffered a vortex strike. This type of damage was easy to assess as it had a different characteristic to that caused by high winds and so the BAA paid compensation accordingly. A few dodgy characters would try and make dubious claims by dislodging tiles themselves.
As others have said it would be nigh on impossible to determine which individual airliner had caused it. Surprisingly, for me at least, was that vortex strikes were recorded many miles from the airport.
As others have said it would be nigh on impossible to determine which individual airliner had caused it. Surprisingly, for me at least, was that vortex strikes were recorded many miles from the airport.
