How is this even possible?

[jarhead]

Woman hurt in fall from jetway at airport
Associated Press

Published June 26, 2003 JET27


A 76-year-old woman getting off a plane at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport broke two bones when she fell from an elevated jetway to the tarmac below.

Charlene Higgins Brown of Mayfield, Ky., was leaving a Northwest Airlines flight from Nashville, Tenn., at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Another passenger, Diane Sweeney of Maple Grove, said she saw Brown lose her balance and fall back and to one side. As Brown fell, she slipped between the edge of the jetway and the accordion-pleated hood that extends from the jetway to the plane, Sweeney said.

Brown landed on the tarmac about 6 feet below, breaking her collarbone and a leg bone.

``To our knowledge, nothing like this has happened before,'' Northwest spokeswoman Mary Stanik said. ``We are conducting an investigation and we wish the passenger a speedy recovery.''

David Burke, fire chief for the Metropolitan Airports Commission, said he could not recall a similar accident in his 18 years at the airport.

Tom Anderson, the commission's attorney, said he could not recall a lawsuit involving someone falling from a jetway.

 

[JBcrjca]

That sounds similar to how Lloyd Christmas got fired from his job as a limo driver in Dumb & Dumber....'fell off the jetway again'. So I guess it really can happen?

 

[Cardinal]

That does take talent. Although one is born every minute. A CAL 757 was on the ground in Lima, Peru - here's what the NTSB had to say "[the] 86-year-old male passenger was assisted in his wheelchair to board the airplane up the rear portable stairs by a gate agent. The passenger was instructed to remain at the top of the steps while the gate agent loaded his wheelchair in the cargo bin. The passenger continued walking into the airplane, through the aft galley, then through the catering door, falling to the tarmac, between the catering truck and the airplane. The passenger was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries."

 

[DenverDude2002]

hmm........ she fell 6 feet onto the tarmac. That means it was probably a CRJ or Avro RJ. If i remember correctly, neither of those fit against the jetway perfectly so they use a metal ramp to get you on the ac. Maybe thats how it happened

 

[cl-65link]

The new jet bridges that Pinnacle uses in MSP at the new regional terminal do not require ramps for boarding the CRJ. Pinnacle does not fly MSP-BNA, however I'm not sure if Mesaba does or does not.