IIRC, back when it first opened, the center used conventional airport style retractable steps to allow people on and off the exhibit. Might be wrong though.
Anyway, I certainly know there is a proper metal gangway instead since this sad incident.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 10568 posts, RR: 21 Reply 1, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 4899 times:
Well, they sure made one damn safe concrete wall in TLS!
Nwarooster From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 864 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 4657 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 1): Well, they sure made one damn safe concrete wall in TLS!
Yes, that A340 made one spectacular last flight.......
Cadet57 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 9081 posts, RR: 34 Reply 3, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 4472 times:
Quoting Nwarooster (Reply 2): Yes, that A340 made one spectacular last flight..
First AND last!
Doors open, right hand side, next stop is Springfield.
CuriousFlyer From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 662 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 4183 times:
Any pictures? How unsafe was it to get into the Concorde there?
Airbus was sued because a bloke missed a step in a museum? They give away or lend a unique aircraft to a museum and get sued?
RebelDJ From United Kingdom, joined May 2007, 105 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 4040 times:
Quoting CuriousFlyer (Reply 4): Airbus was sued because a bloke missed a step in a museum? They give away or lend a unique aircraft to a museum and get sued?
I think you should understand the context of this "museum", because it is situated within the Airbus site at Filton, Bristol. The aircraft is parked on a purpose made hard standing between the (active) runway and the "Brabazon" Hanger where all UK Concordes were built (see http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...8&spn=0.009667,0.019226&t=h&z=16).
The aircraft may be formally in the museum, but if you were to visit it (there is only one exhibit), you would believe you were visiting Airbus.
They didn't get sued - all credit to the family - they were fined under health and safety legislation. They had failed in thier duty of care, they were found guilty in a court and they were punished.
CuriousFlyer From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 662 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 3717 times:
RB211TriStar From United States of America, joined May 2007, 185 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2998 times:
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10346 posts, RR: 40 Reply 10, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 2636 times:
Quoting CuriousFlyer (Reply 4): They give away or lend a unique aircraft to a museum and get sued?
RIP man who fell off the steps and died. This is a most unfortunate accident.
Concorde G-BOAF is still British Airways property.
They are on loan by BA to all the different museums they are in.
She does not belong to Airbus - never that I knew of.
Only the AF Concordes were given for a symbolic French Franc to be put on display in different locations.
There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde
GDB From United Kingdom, joined May 2001, 12735 posts, RR: 79 Reply 11, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 2231 times:
Certainly they had fixed this by the time I was there in April 2007.
I was shocked when this happened, we used to have loads of visitors, when such things were allowed, in the BA hangars where they were maintained.
Never had, thankfully, anything like this.
Then again, they got proper safety briefs, were escorted, perhaps because it was an actual work environment rather than a public museum people were more wary anyway.
(Not that I'm implying anything about the deceased. What's emerged is that serious concerns about safety were not taken up, until too late).
David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9242 posts, RR: 42 Reply 12, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 2021 times:
Without wishing to belittle the case in point, I wonder how many people banged their heads on boarding while it was in service? In spite of reading beforehand about how common it was, I managed it! D'oh!
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 10568 posts, RR: 21 Reply 13, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1779 times:
Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 10): She does not belong to Airbus - never that I knew of.
Right, but the point is she is sitting on Airbus's property.
Atlanta From United States of America, joined Jun 2008, 473 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1465 times:
Quoting Oldeuropean (Reply 8): Well, I would call a gap of 80cm (32 inch) at the end of a stair an act of gross negligence.
Atlanta From United States of America, joined Jun 2008, 473 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1307 times:
Quoting NQYGuy (Reply 16):
If I'm correct, he means the gap between the steps and the aircraft.
Than that's a jump!
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TheGMan From United States of America, joined Nov 2008, 606 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1225 times:
If it were London, there would only be a voice telling everyone to "Mind the gap" along with signage, and everything would be okay.
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