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Old 09-21-2010 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by bcrosier
So, based on the scuttlebutt - what actually DID happen?
Aircraft pulled into the gate and set the parking brake. They ground handlers got the wrong towbar and as you can (could) see they start walking away. The marshaller is giving the release brakes signal which they do. Due to the slope of the ramp the aircraft moved forward into the tug, (or as N2264J says maybe it was the residual thrust from the APU).
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