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Investigation under way after Ryanair plane rolls backwards and crashes into airport building, destroying tail
A Ryanair plane has been left with £200,000 worth of damage to its rear stabiliser after it rolled backwards 40 metres crashing into an airport fire station. The force of the impact tore apart the 'tail wing' of the £72m Boeing 737, which could be written off as a result of the incident at Rome Ciampino Airport yesterday. The accident happened shortly after the aircraft, which has been grounded, landed and passengers had disembarked. (www.dailymail.co.uk) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
they took the parking brake out as cost cutting measure , passengers that want brakes have to pay extra , ( read the fine print on your ticket ! )
Perhaps Ciampino are copying Ryanair & chocks are extra!
I'm sure Ryanair will find a way to charge passengers a fee for this, as well.
It will be a 'tail wing' reconditioning fee and inspection charge which will be shared by all Ryan Air customers. A repainting fee and extra luggage space will be provided in the 'Tail Wing' and 40 new seats will be installed. Oh yes, the fire department building will need to be repaired too so there will be a charge for that too. If you noticed Ryan said that the plane will be returned to service soon (as soon as the glue dries and duct tape is applied.
The plane should have been chocked, and may have been. Keep in mind that 737 parking break will only hold for approx 30 minutes reliably... They do not mention if the a/c was in windy conditions, or if jet blast could have moved the a/c. Jet blast from the right angle can cause an aircraft to maneuver away from chocks even if installed properly, but is a very rare occurrence. On the surface, sounds like a ground handling fault.
Evidently the "break" worked perfectly. It broke, didn't it?
Ugh...