DAL Whale vs Tug video
09-14-2010, 02:33 AM
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09-18-2010, 04:29 AM
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Looks to me like the jet rolls forward just a couple seconds after the ramper who was holding up the 'x' to the crew walks away. Perhaps seeing no marshaller holding the 'x' up contributed to prematurely releasing the brakes.
Regardless, definitely some poor communication and some very lucky rampers. Getting pinned between a 60,000lb tug and a 747 would be sure to make your day a lot worse.
Regardless, definitely some poor communication and some very lucky rampers. Getting pinned between a 60,000lb tug and a 747 would be sure to make your day a lot worse.
09-20-2010, 03:17 AM
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09-21-2010, 05:20 AM
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09-21-2010, 09:49 AM
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Perhaps the subjunctive weren't belongs in the first half of the sentence instead of the second where you want to place it?
Maybe he is implying: The weren't being towed into the gate...
09-21-2010, 10:15 AM
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Aircraft pulled into the gate and set the parking brake. They ground handlers got the wrong towbar and as you can (could) see they start walking away. The marshaller is giving the release brakes signal which they do. Due to the slope of the ramp the aircraft moved forward into the tug, (or as N2264J says maybe it was the residual thrust from the APU
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09-22-2010, 07:26 AM
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