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Wind Seperates Airbridge from Aircraft at Dublin Airport

  • 04-02-2011 4:09pm
    #1
    Chicken1
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    RTE NEWS: 15:28, Friday, 4 February 2011

    Efforts are being made to take passengers off an aircraft at Dublin Airport after a gust of wind separated the airbridge connecting the plane to the terminal building.
    The passengers had begun disembarking from Aer Lingus flight EI 235 from Gatwick when the incident happened at 1.30pm this afternoon.
    In a statement Aer Lingus said: 'Flight EI 235 from London Gatwick, arrived on stand at T2 Dublin airport, at approximately 14:00, carrying 150 passengers.
    'Whilst passengers were disembarking the aircraft, a freak gust of wind moved the aircraft from the adjoining air-bridge. There are no reported injuries.
    'A number of passengers had disembarked the aircraft at the time.
    'The remaining passengers subsequently disembarked the aircraft via a set of steps.'


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  • #2
    FlutterinBantam
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    Last I heard those airbridges were good for 45kts.

    'freak gust' will be the operative word I would suggest;)


  • #3
    andy_g
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    When working on the ground before getting my wings we used to use jettys to 30kts anything over that we used airstairs.

    Other companies use a similar policy.


  • #4
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    andy_g wrote: »
    When working on the ground before getting my wings we used to use jettys to 30kts anything over that we used airstairs.

    Other companies use a similar policy.

    I think they have improved since then Andrew.


  • #5
    AfterDusk
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    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    Last I heard those airbridges were good for 45kts.

    'freak gust' will be the operative word I would suggest;)

    The airbridge was fine, it was the aircraft that moved though


  • #6
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Yes that's true, what I was getting at was what is operating limit of airbridges wind wise.

    45-50kts?


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  • #7
    mayotom
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    I had that problem in Stansted a couple of years ago, but with steps. we had to wait on the plane for 90 min before they allowed us to leave, then another two hour wait cause every time they opened the baggage doors the aircraft started moving


  • #8
    Run_to_da_hills
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    This is probably O'Learys reason for using steps. :p


  • #9
    ZENER
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    The Air Bridges on T1 Pier B are operable up to 60 Km/H. The T2 bridges have a higher rating of about 80.

    A gust of wind caught the planes tail and whipped it about causing it to separate from the bridge. Fortunately no one was injured but it was purely luck in this case.

    The stand the aircraft was on was right in the corner beside the archway under Pier E which funneled the wind - so the official report suggests anyway ;)

    Ken


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