CrimsonNL From Netherlands, joined Dec 2007, 1614 posts, RR: 42 Reply 2, posted (2 years 5 months 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 9284 times:
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Little translation, it is said the guy fell from the deicing cart, some 15M down onto the tarmac. Evacuated by a chopper and speculations that his back may be broken. There is said to be a large dent in the aircraft's stabilizer.
My thought's go out to the person in question and I hope he will be alright
EPA001 From Netherlands, joined Sep 2006, 3582 posts, RR: 36 Reply 4, posted (2 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 8781 times:
Quoting CrimsonNL (Reply 2): My thought's go out to the person in question and I hope he will be alright
My thoughts go out to him or her too. These are the guys and gals who let us fly safe every time we board a plane. A broken back as a possible result from such a fall does not sound very good.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21448 posts, RR: 24 Reply 5, posted (2 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 8493 times:
[quote=JCS,reply=0]The worker in the de-icer cabin which was smashed to the ground has been severely wounded. [/quote
Reminds me of the Royal Air Maroc 747-400 that started taxiing at Montreal Mirabel (YMX) in January 1995 before the deicing vehicles were clear of the aircraft. Three Canadian Airlines employees in the deicing buckets (including one trainee) were killed when the vehicles tipped over after being struck by the aircraft.
catiii From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 2274 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (2 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 7955 times:
Quoting JCS (Thread starter): The full-pax B744 vertical stabilizer is damaged beyond repair.
Starglider From Netherlands, joined Sep 2006, 644 posts, RR: 45 Reply 8, posted (2 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 7506 times:
Quoting JCS (Thread starter): The 744 crew did proceed to taxi and had to be warned by another plane's crew. The full-pax B744 vertical stabilizer is damaged beyond repair.
There are strict protocols in place during de-icing activities. Somehow the holes in the Swiss cheese lined up in this accident.
As mentioned before, there is damage to the horizontal stabilizer, not the vertical.
Will be waiting for the outcome of the investigation.
gunship01 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 28 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (2 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 4065 times:
Here is how Google translator worked the article to English:
Employee collides with airplane
REDWOOD - At Schiphol is an employee of the ice departing aircraft had to remove seriously injured yesterday when after a collision with an aircraft from KLM of high altitude on the asphalt came.
The employee, in a special box beside the plane hung, is still in hospital but his condition is currently under KLM 'stable'.
The airline is heavily in his stomach with the unpleasant misfortune of de-icer. An investigation into the cause of the unpleasant incident has started.
At the collision was the KLM Boeing 747 sustained damage to its tail, making the flight to Curacao significant delays. The passengers, who were already on the plane, had a new device in steps and eventually departed later in the day yet.
rolfen From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 1764 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (2 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 3495 times:
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 5):
Reminds me of the Royal Air Maroc 747-400 that started taxiing at Montreal Mirabel (YMX) in January 1995 before the deicing vehicles were clear of the aircraft. Three Canadian Airlines employees in the deicing buckets (including one trainee) were killed when the vehicles tipped over after being struck by the aircraft.
I'm not sure about the KLM incident, but I read the description for the Royal Air Maroc accident, and I think a couple of chokes on the tires would have prevented that.
Starglider From Netherlands, joined Sep 2006, 644 posts, RR: 45 Reply 15, posted (2 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 2960 times:
Quoting JCS (Thread starter): The 744 crew did proceed to taxi and had to be warned by another plane's crew. The full-pax B744 vertical stabilizer is damaged beyond repair.
If the aircraft was turning when it hit the de-icing vehicle, that would imply the aircraft was well on its way leaving the remote de-icing pad and turning onto a taxiway before the collision occurred. The tail would swing to the left in a right turn (left stabilizer is damaged). If so, the investigation will focus on why there was insufficient clearance during the turn.
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