United Pilots turn off "seatbelt" sign, then ram jetway. Two injured.

[FN FAL]

Two injured when plane slides into jetway at Sea-Tac airport

Seattle Times



Two passengers aboard a United Airlines plane from Chicago were injured Sunday night when the airplane slid into a jetway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

United spokesman Jeff Green said the plane arrived at the gate, N-6. It came to a stop and parked and the engines were being shut down. The seatbelt light was turned off and passengers began moving out of their seats when the airplane moved forward another 10 feet and hit part of the jetway.

It struck the engine cowling outside the engine, said Green, and caused minor damage to the engine. Passengers were jostled and one passenger and a flight attended were treated for minor injuries. The flight attendant was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way and was treated and released, Green said.

He said he didn't know why the airplane rolled into the jetway and is being examined by maintenance crew. The airplane is out of service.

Green said the airplane was carrying 145 passengers and six crew members.

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[CA1900]

I wonder if the ramp guy did what I see, time and time again: Gave then the "chocks-in" sign, then turned around to go find the chocks. "You're going to get yourself run over," I've told them. Unless the chocks slid on ice, I'm betting they were never in place.

Just a theory.

 

[FN FAL]

I wonder if the ramp guy did what I see, time and time again: Gave then the "chocks-in" sign, then turned around to go find the chocks. "You're going to get yourself run over," I've told them. Unless the chocks slid on ice, I'm betting they were never in place.

Just a theory.

Could be anything, you know how the media gets these stories.

 

[81Horse]

... Passengers were jostled and one passenger and a flight attended were treated for minor injuries. ...

Lawsuit.

 

[GogglesPisano]

... At this time terrorism is not suspected. And now on to Julie with our evening weather ...

 

[AdlerDriver]

FN FAL,
I don't know if you meant to do this, but your title fails to reflect the information provided in the news article.

United Pilots turn off "seatbelt" sign, then ram jetway. Two injured.

"Ram jetway" is an interesting interpretation of the info in the article.

Your title sounds like a headline typical of a liberal newsrag with an agenda.

 

[81Horse]

I think FN FAL was trying to be funny.

I think.

Well, I'm pretty sure.

 

[FN FAL]

FN FAL,
I don't know if you meant to do this, but your title fails to reflect the information provided in the news article.

United Pilots turn off "seatbelt" sign, then ram jetway. Two injured.

"Ram jetway" is an interesting interpretation of the info in the article.

Your title sounds like a headline typical of a liberal newsrag with an agenda.

Agenda, a bad word? Safety is an agenda.

 

[FracCapt]

I wonder if the ramp guy did what I see, time and time again: Gave then the "chocks-in" sign, then turned around to go find the chocks. "You're going to get yourself run over," I've told them. Unless the chocks slid on ice, I'm betting they were never in place.

Nope, that's not it....I got the real scoop from an inside source. The Captain's foot slipped off the clutch while the engines were still running.

 

[Huggyu2]

Clutch?! I've never found on of THOSE on my aircraft. No wonder I washed out of pilot training!