VT977 From India, joined May 2005, 59 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 4070 times:
This happened yesterday ....from the IBN news desk
A Mangalore-bound Air India aircraft, with 172 passengers and six crew onboard, hit the aerobridge here while taxiing on Tuesday, delaying the flight by almost one-and-a-half hour.
A conclusion is what you reach when you get tired of thinking.
Osiris30 From Barbados, joined Sep 2006, 3182 posts, RR: 26 Reply 1, posted (4 years 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 4064 times:
Quoting VT977 (Thread starter): delaying the flight by almost one-and-a-half hour.
Doesn't sound like they rammed it too hard. I had visions of a broken bridge, this sounds like a relatively minor bump. Doesn't take much of an impact to warrant nearly 1.5 horus of inspections even with no damage.
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Osiris30 From Barbados, joined Sep 2006, 3182 posts, RR: 26 Reply 3, posted (4 years 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 3991 times:
Quoting SeaBosDca (Reply 2): Could just as easily have been an a/c substitution...
Fully unload an aircraft, baggage, haul it off the gate (if it's broken in any way), pull a new one onto the gate and reload the plane in an hour and a half.. that would be quite an achievement IMHO. Doable, but unlikey.
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MHTripple7 From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 1050 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (4 years 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 3908 times:
Quoting Osiris30 (Reply 3): Fully unload an aircraft, baggage, haul it off the gate (if it's broken in any way), pull a new one onto the gate and reload the plane in an hour and a half.. that would be quite an achievement IMHO. Doable, but unlikey.
Having witnessed the inefficiency of Indian airports firsthand, I would have to agree with you here.
Osiris30 From Barbados, joined Sep 2006, 3182 posts, RR: 26 Reply 5, posted (4 years 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 3880 times:
Quoting MHTripple7 (Reply 4): Having witnessed the inefficiency of Indian airports firsthand, I would have to agree with you here.
While not arguing your point but, Indian airport of otherwise, a 1.5 hour *unplanned* turn on a damaged aircraft is pushing it. You still have to inspect before you touch anything, which is at least 30 minutes (10 to get MX to the plane, 15 to look around, 5 minutes to discuss/signoff). Now you're down to an hour to turn the flight in an 'unplanned' manner. (Don't forget you have to prep the new aircraft, which may be more than a standard gas and go).
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Aviationbuff From India, joined Mar 2008, 1424 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (4 years 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3439 times:
Quoting MHTripple7 (Reply 4): Having witnessed the inefficiency of Indian airports firsthand, I would have to agree with you here.
With private players venturing, things are improving rapidly. However, the private players are currently limited to only 4 airports i.e. DEL, BOM, HYD, BLR.
Quoting SeaBosDca (Reply 2): Could just as easily have been an a/c substitution...
The door was damaged and the airline arranged another aircraft.
The aerobridge operator was suspended.
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