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Video: Air Canada Boeing 777 clips another company aircraft on tarmac
Toronto, Canada - An Air Canada Boeing 777 has clipped the tail of another Air Canada plane at the Toronto Pearson International Airport. The Boeing 777, which was being towed at the time of the incident, clipped the tail of an Air Canada Airbus A321. The incident happened on the last day of 2019. (airlinerwatch.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
100 million use ATL, approx 87 million use LAX. Toronto Pearson would handle about the same volume of traffic as does PHX, DEN, SEA. 40-50 million.
ATC fault
should let 777 go a wider taxiway
should let 777 go a wider taxiway
An apron, or ramp, is NOT a taxiway. At many airports, aprons are not controlled by ATC.
TARMAC? What the hell is tarmc? i am sick of hearing this term, which is really a form of paving, used to refer to runways, taxiways, ramps and aprons...Just more evidence of journalistic incompetence
Tarmac is a British term for a tar and sand mixture. Yes, the talking heads use it constantly and it means nothing. We have gates or the gate area, the apron, taxiways and runways on the airside we don’t have tarmacs.
Having worked on the ramp for 15 yrs, I do have SOME knowledge of a/c movement.
That being said, wing walkers are used in highly congested areas ie the gate areas.
A plane coming into a gate is met by wing walkers because of all the service trucks, baggage carts, etc. moving and parked.
The plane (with wing walkers) is pushed back from the gate at a walking speed for the comfort/safety of the pax, and so the walkers can stay with the plane.
The guide lines are laid out everywhere on the “tarmac” to ensure clearance between passing a/c. Applies everywhere: gate areas, taxi areas, etc.
Don’t think this is the first time a wide body a/c moved behind other planes parked at the gate. Again, this 777 could have been under power and the same thing would have occurred. Apparently the 321 wasn’t pulled far enough into the gate. I agree about safety being a major concern, but common sense and practicality also are a factor.