Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4036 posts, RR: 57 Posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 10385 times:
Just read on another forum about a VS A343 being damaged in a ground incident at FACT. Apparently the airbridge collapsed whilst connected to the a/c and has badly damaged the a/c door. heard the same bridge almost did the same thing last week whilst connected to a BA a/c. Thankfully no passengers were using it at the time !!.
Anyone got any more info or pics ?.
[Edited 2008-04-05 13:37:40]
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Zeke From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2006, 6800 posts, RR: 74 Reply 1, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 10353 times:
Not the first time this sort of incident has happened. Can be a simple fix (replace door and door mechanism), or can turn out to be a very expensive repair (fuselage damage), depends on how the bridge settled.
Blackwidow From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2008, 78 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 10116 times:
whoops - not again!!!!!!!
Same happened to BA couple of months back on G-BNLB when jetty collapsed onto fuselage at door 2R causing major damage to wing structure! Was fixed within a week.....
Speedbird10 From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 33 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 10013 times:
Same happened with AF a week ago when a B777-300ER's door was damaged by a servicing vehicle! Unbelievable!
Speedbird10 From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 33 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 9543 times:
Absimilliard From Canada, joined Nov 2007, 29 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 9466 times:
Pretty bad! I guess Boeing was on with something when they did the upward sliding door on the 767, as it prevents door damage in case of a bridge malfunction.
JoKeR From Serbia, joined Nov 2004, 2119 posts, RR: 10 Reply 7, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 7956 times:
Quoting Absimilliard (Reply 6): Boeing was on with something when they did the upward sliding door on the 767, as it prevents door damage in case of a bridge malfunction.
Douglas did it much earlier on the DC-10s as well...
SevenHeavy From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 1015 posts, RR: 12 Reply 10, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 7033 times:
Quoting Hotelmode (Reply 9): VS last flight to CPT this year was on 27th Mar and they operated on time that day. It must be an old story.
Not true. The flights operate until the 18th April. The incident happened this weekend
Evan767 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2954 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 4950 times:
Damn that sucks for CPT. They only have a couple of jetbridges in the first place, right?
The proper term is "on final" not "on finals" bud...
Absimilliard From Canada, joined Nov 2007, 29 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 4836 times:
Quoting JoKeR (Reply 7): Douglas did it much earlier on the DC-10s as well...
Didn't know it was also used on the Trident and DC-10... I only started working at an airport in 2005.
Depending on how well the doors are greased, operating the 767 doors can be either very easy or really tough! Being tall also helps...
I'm thankful the bridge malfunction didn't happen on an EMB 175 or 190. Opening either of the 3 service doors, the door feels like its gotta break apart and stay in your hand! Due to that, the elevating service trucks we can only be used on the front of the EMB 175. The back is too low and you could not open the door.
Efcar98 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 131 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 4714 times:
Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined exactly 13 years ago today! , 7347 posts, RR: 56 Reply 15, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 1528 times:
Quoting Absimilliard (Reply 6): Pretty bad! I guess Boeing was on with something when they did the upward sliding door on the 767, as it prevents door damage in case of a bridge malfunction.
I have always wondered what the odds of one of those doors opening after a proper accident are. Yikes. Btw it was on the Tristar as well as the DC10 and 767.
Quoting Efcar98 (Reply 13): Quoting AceFreighter (Reply 8):
And De Havilland on the Trident !!
Do you mean Hawker Siddley?
If memory serves, the Trident was a DH design, DH was merged into HS during development. So calling it a DH isn't wrong. On the other hand, I didn't know the Trident had upward opening doors. The early Tridents definitely had a door that opened inwards, very awkward.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 18462 posts, RR: 17 Reply 16, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 1481 times:
Quoting JoKeR (Reply 7): Quoting Absimilliard (Reply 6):
Boeing was on with something when they did the upward sliding door on the 767, as it prevents door damage in case of a bridge malfunction.
Douglas did it much earlier on the DC-10s as well...
And Lockheed on the L1011...and L188 Electra and Constellation/Super Constellation.
Many other early types had doors that opened inward, not necessarily upward, but at least didn't protrude from the fuselage when opened. Apart from the Trident, the Caravelle, Britannia and Comet all had inward-opening doors.
CuriousFlyer From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 630 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1249 times:
I had never noticed that 767 doors were sliding upwards. Is this on all models? Any picture?
CuriousFlyer From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 630 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1172 times:
Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4036 posts, RR: 57 Reply 20, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1018 times:
Quoting AI (Reply 17): This must be one of the reasons why VS have cancelled a few flights today. Mumbai, Newark, & I think even NBO from LHR.
A few flights have had to be cancelled over the last few days as a result from what I have heard, although today was the worst. I'm sure CPT's insurance company is bracing themselves for a massive claim against them - they are just lucky nobody was hurt !!.
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