Skywest Brasilia hits jetway LAX.

[Snapshot]

Managed to hit the jetway with the PROP!? How'd they pull that off?

Pics?

 

[airjackson]

Managed to hit the jetway with the PROP!? How'd they pull that off?

Pics?

No idea, but I hope that someone with a camera is around to document your next f-up.

Pics? Seriously??

I swear the high school mentality of some on this forum make me shake my head and wonder what new low this industry will reach.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

No idea, but I hope that someone with a camera is around to document your next f-up.

Pics? Seriously??

I swear the high school mentality of some on this forum make me shake my head and wonder what new low this industry will reach.

WTF?

Where's the drama-tornado you're speaking of?

Also photo-deets!

 

[cfi_greg]

I saw the pics, only one blade left the rest flew all over the place. Had to pick up pieces at the other gates. I didn't realize they used jetways with the Bros. I guess they won't anymore.

 

[chqflyer]

I'm not too familiar with the Bro, but I can imagine there's only a foot or two clearance between the MCD and the prop. So hitting the jetway wouldn't be to hard if the ramper was a little slow with the stop signal or was looking at the wrong "T".

 

[BHopper88]

Yea lets call it 12 - 15 feet from the BRO "T" and the RJ "T" at gate 82. And the Bro does not use a jetway.

 

[chqflyer]

Yea lets call it 12 - 15 feet from the BRO "T" and the RJ "T" at gate 82. And the Bro does not use a jetway.

Well I guess I was definately talking out of my butt. I thought they used jetways like Mesaba does on the Saabs. Very close fit!:blush:

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Well I guess I was definately talking out of my butt. I thought they used jetways like Mesaba does on the Saabs. Very close fit!:blush:

Which is why the bridge should be pulled well back and out of the safety area when parking. It's only moved in after the prop stops.

 

[WayBack]

No idea, but I hope that someone with a camera is around to document your next f-up.

Pics? Seriously??

I swear the high school mentality of some on this forum make me shake my head and wonder what new low this industry will reach.

I used to have this problem as well, then I started wearing boxer briefs.
They don't get all bunched up like the tighty whities do.

 

[CoATP]

Missed it by THAT much.

 

[thrustport]

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7281450

 

[SoberIrishman]

Quite obviously a screw-up by the ramp, or gate, technical specialists.

 

[WalterSobchak]

Deleted.

 

[Yuppyguppy]

time to park skywest...period

 

[Snapshot]

No idea, but I hope that someone with a camera is around to document your next f-up.
Pics? Seriously??
I swear the high school mentality of some on this forum make me shake my head and wonder what new low this industry will reach.

If your high and mighty "AirJackson is so above high school mentality" mantra actually applied to your own life, you might have a leg to stand on. A quick search of your posts in regards to GoJets reveals you to be no better than those you condemn.

Hypocrite.

I fully expect the media to be there if I f-up. Keeps me on my toes.
You think you're going to get a do-over?

 

[Snapshot]

Sounds like the story unfolds like this:

Gate 82 is an RJ gate that never sees a Brasilia. Video shows the plane is 100% on the line and following every direction that the marshaller is giving...
Some minimum-wage, weakest-link, high-school dropout, dumbass jetway driver doesn't understand the difference between an RJ and a Prop and drives the jetway to like he does every time an RJ shows up at the gate. Pilots doing Everything right and some cowboy retard jetway driver throws the jetway into the prop....Captain could do nothing to stop it.

Then AirJackson cries about people being mean to the Jetway driver and says we should be ashamed for holding professionals personally responsible for their actions.

 

[BHopper88]

There was no jetway driver... There is NO REASON to use the jetway and thus wasnt used since pax are unloaded/loaded thru the stairs straight ahead against the terminal.

Gate 82 is a multi use gate, the RJ "T" is about 12-15 feet after the Bro "T". The jetway is pretty much in a fixed place, sooooooo.. The BRO was marshalled to the wrong "T" and was "driven" into the jetway. Also from what I understand there was no wingwalkers either...

Until the NTSB report is released on the whole story that is....

 

[IBNAV8R]

Sounds like the story unfolds like this:

Gate 82 is an RJ gate that never sees a Brasilia. Video shows the plane is 100% on the line and following every direction that the marshaller is giving...

There's video of the airplane being marshaled in? Does it also show the jetway in motion? Please post a link.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

No idea, but I hope that someone with a camera is around to document your next f-up.

Pics? Seriously??

I swear the high school mentality of some on this forum make me shake my head and wonder what new low this industry will reach.

Do you mean to say you go out of your way to avoid photos of incidents/accidents? How noble of you. Some of us are curious to see things visually as they can tell a better story than what gets printed by the media. Is sex before marriage taboo, too?

 

[Jet_Dreamer]

i thought mesa was the only one capable of running a turbo prop into a stationary object. what the hell are the flight crew members doing??