coxyhog Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 Someone should have been sitting in the cockpit ready to operate the brakes.Very sad. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1852719/towed-plane-hits-aircraft-tug-killing-driver-at-don-mueang?fbclid=IwAR1Rq7xec08d6_vnuSfB-QbZ0c4epwPYXw98ZLbM3fgufyDU7irff-SIdnw
Thai Spice Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 Not the first time a rupture of the towing bar happens. I remember seeing it in the past on Pprune. And no, there isn't systematically somebody in the cockpit from what I read.
coxyhog Posted February 7, 2020 Author Posted February 7, 2020 14 minutes ago, Thai Spice said: Not the first time a rupture of the towing bar happens. I remember seeing it in the past on Pprune. And no, there isn't systematically somebody in the cockpit from what I read. I've been involved in aircraft maintenance for a very long time & there is a shear pin in the towing arm which will break if say the aircraft brakes are on,to save damage to the nose leg. For that reason there should always be someone riding brakes should the shear pin go.I've done it & been there when it's happened. Either there was nobody on brakes,there was someone & he/she was asleep or playing with their smartphone or there was no hydraulic pressure to the brakes. 2 1 2
thunder367 Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 https://www.airlive.net/a-tug-driver-has-died-after-towbar-incident-at-bangkok-don-mueang-airport/?fbclid=IwAR3UIAG8woZsiTvXY0ztyepWnsJZ1EA3rQBomiLotpcU4jl7Uo2hO1Qnpbw
Thai Spice Posted February 8, 2020 Posted February 8, 2020 The first one looks funny, except for someone probably loosing his job...
coxyhog Posted February 15, 2020 Author Posted February 15, 2020 Of course the shear pin only works when you're trying to pull the aircraft.... 2
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