red750 Posted Monday at 08:55 AM Posted Monday at 08:55 AM A Virgin Boeing 737 was being towed to a hanger for maintenance on Sunday night when it became detatched from the tug and rolled into it, which tore the left side skin of the aircraft from the front door to halfway to the wing. 1
onetrack Posted Monday at 09:10 AM Posted Monday at 09:10 AM Ouch, that's going to require a little more than a tin of polishing compound! I wonder if the tug driver is looking for a new job, commensurate with his true abilities, right about now? - "Did you want fries with that?" 😢 1
spacesailor Posted Monday at 10:14 AM Posted Monday at 10:14 AM Another job for " duct rape " . LoL . spacesailor 1
facthunter Posted Tuesday at 01:09 AM Posted Tuesday at 01:09 AM Towbar became disconnected I believe.. Probably no one in the aircraft. Nev 1
onetrack Posted Tuesday at 08:26 AM Posted Tuesday at 08:26 AM And just how do towbars become disconnected? Lack of training, or lack of skills in the first place? One would presume that making sure a hitch was properly connected would be the primary instruction to a tug operator. After all, there's what? - $50M - $100M worth of aircraft at stake? - let alone the potential damage from a runaway aircraft rolling into airport infrastructure.
facthunter Posted Tuesday at 08:33 AM Posted Tuesday at 08:33 AM They Hook onto the Nosewheels and have limited strength. I can't recall any other incident where it came unhooked A TAA DC 9 that should have been disconnected but wasn't went under the Aerobridge at Tullamarine. damaging the cockpit area. Nev 1
facthunter Posted Tuesday at 08:41 AM Posted Tuesday at 08:41 AM The tow Bar actually turns the nosewheel, which can pivot 90 degrees. Nev
onetrack Posted Tuesday at 08:48 AM Posted Tuesday at 08:48 AM There's been at least a couple of these incidents .... https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/news/a19904/iron-maidens-badass-boeing-jet-gets-taken-out-of-commission/ https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/laguardia-airport-tug-driver-stuck-b2137363.html
facthunter Posted Tuesday at 09:04 AM Posted Tuesday at 09:04 AM They are Overseas occurrences and not necessarilly detached. Interesting how they Make that engine Look about 4 times the size it actually is. Nev 1
facthunter Posted Tuesday at 09:10 AM Posted Tuesday at 09:10 AM In a lot of these I'd say Familiarity Breeds contempt. Unless you're on centrelines and the other things are where they SHOULD be you can Make Headlines easily. A tug can't stop an big plane easily either. No way should you you be moving fast.. Nev
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