McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 - Northwest Airlines | Aviation Photo #1171294

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Comments (43)

Anonymous

14 years ago

Glad there were no casualties here- Oh wait there is one: probably someone's job :-/

Im guessing the driver got sooo fired.

Somebody is fired. i wonder who was moving, i'm guessing both.

That i sooooo NWA! hahah 5* for sure!

Thats the second DC9 to go in a week for NW!!

Huh, who won?

Seriously though, that DC-9 will now probably be scrapped. Too bad, I like the DC-9.

Looks like they both got totally owned.

So, are there any details on what happened here?

Yee haw!!! BOY!!! Buck 'em cowboy! Yipee!!

DC-9 vs. Pushback Tug.
I Think the DC-9 won

When the tug obviously hit the left side of the plane, then where does the dc-9s' damage on the right side of the hull come from?

Slipped on patch of glycol

Goldholer, mmmh... If it is golden, i don't know, but the hole is made for sure!

Does the driver of the push back truck injured or not? How can that be! Impossible!

Are they fighting each other, like boxing?

A love scene !!

I just cannot fancy the scenario which led to such an outcome.
Has the tug hit any support from under the DC, and the remains of the support was removed before the photograph? I pray the tug driver has survived. But how did he manage to?
Preston, if there were more info it could have been 5 star. Now it is 4 star.
The pic has left me anxious. )))

I guess he didn't turn the wheels in the direction of the skid! The tug didn't hit the plane on the left because it didn't drive under it. It spun out to the right with the right side of the tug/cab going under the aircraft. At one time the plane was attached in the cradle of the tug...no towbar was used.

You are supposed to use the nose gear to push back, not the main gear.

Sucks for both the pilots and the driver..

Great pose,is someone trying to get rid of nwa DC9's

5* because i was their to witness this scene 1st hand....what a mess

The story was while doing a maintance tow the tow driver stopped to quick and locked the tires on slick pavement, causing the aircraft to push him in a quick fish tail, snapping the towbar and slidding the tow under the aircraft, bouncing the aircraft 10ft and then pining the tow under its current location.

I fly for NWA...Northwest...whatever management wants to call the ops, this "super tug" was paid for by employee pay cuts...this is direct correlation with on the job training and low wage labor. I appreciate taking a DC9 out of service!

This plan was being towed by mechanics from hangar to terminal. I believe the tractor driver recieved minor injuries.
Photo captures it all.

I was speaking with an electrical engineer from NW the day after this happened. He indicated that the driver of the tug came out without any major injuries (although he was likely to lose his job). He said they were still trying to figure out exactly what happened. He told me that the plane was scheduled to be retired within 6 weeks and it is totalled, but only worth ~200k. The super tug is totalled as well, but is worth a whopping 800k!

What amazed me about this shot was that I didn't even notice the damage to the plane right away. My eye saw the men changing the tire first and then WHOA!!! Great shot!!

Able to see in great detail what happened.

Obviously the tug driver did a big mistake, but it must've been quite a scary moment for him to get an aircraft right upon his head. Hope there was no human injury.

12 years ago

Ladies and Gentlemen we will be experiencing some slight turbulence in a couple of minutes...

It is interesting and scary to see what happens sometimes with tugs and know this could happen to you

She rotated too early! :)

Do not speed in the tarmac =)

Oh my god :)

Great shot

Scabs hard at work doing a steering gear check

11 years ago

Poor DC-9. i wonder if this aircraft will be written off

10 years ago

Look Ma', No hands!

Hmmm, DC9 appears to be trying out body slams on poor tug....

9 years ago

Those guys look like they are trying to fix everything before anyone notices.

7 years ago

It's a DC-NEIN!

5 years ago

Woofffff!

wiggy

98 Victoria, Australia

2 years ago

tug must have slipped

Aviation Photo #1171294 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 - Northwest Airlines

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