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Runaway Air Stairs on Windy Iowa Runway
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So, the ramper tries to stop the stairs, unable, then lets the stairs go on to further damage the aircraft?...
Um...that's the ramp
The official term for the area where aircraft park is in fact, according to the ICAO and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the APRON The FAA’s Surface Movement Guidance and Control System Advisory AC No: 120-57A defines the Apron as “A defined area on an airport intended to accommodate aircraft for purposes of loading or unloading passengers or cargo, refueling, parking, or maintenance.”
http://flyingwithfish.boardingarea.com/2013/01/19/airport-lingo-ramp-vs-apron-vs-tarmac/
http://flyingwithfish.boardingarea.com/2013/01/19/airport-lingo-ramp-vs-apron-vs-tarmac/
To also add to this ICAO standardization, the FAA has noted for airport operators to remove the word "RAMP" from any NOTAMS, etc.. and replace it with APRON. So "Ramp" will become less used over coming years.
There are some of us who still call it all a flight line. ;)
Yep you're right. I lazily copied and pasted title from source. Oops.
Just don't call it the "tarmac!" I met someone at an airliner show who gets apoplectic when someone says that. :-)
Props to the stairs.