Your most oddball reasons for delays
05-15-2010, 08:07 AM
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Your most oddball reasons for delays
A series of unfortunate events...
So after pushback today and just as the aircraft started taxiing out, another ramper noticed some fluid gushing out of the nose-wheel area. With the bright low morning sun, it looked pink-ish. We contacted the aircraft and had a mechanic go out to the taxiway to check it out. In the mean time we checked the spot where the aircraft had leaked the fluid.
Turns out the fluid on the ramp was COFFEE! Ideas were flung around as to what it could come from, and it was thought that maybe a mechanic left a coffee cup up in the wheel well the night before. Who knows. The mechanic at the aircraft looked around and for the life of him couldn't find any coffee or spill or cup or anything up in the nose gear area.
Apparently the potable water drain that connects to the front galley sink, front lav sink, and floor drain is located just behind the nose wheel. As it happened, a flight attendant spilled a cup of coffee at the same moment that the plane started to taxi. The sun shining through it made the coffee look red/pinkish. Go figure. LOL
So whatd'ya got?
So after pushback today and just as the aircraft started taxiing out, another ramper noticed some fluid gushing out of the nose-wheel area. With the bright low morning sun, it looked pink-ish. We contacted the aircraft and had a mechanic go out to the taxiway to check it out. In the mean time we checked the spot where the aircraft had leaked the fluid.
Turns out the fluid on the ramp was COFFEE! Ideas were flung around as to what it could come from, and it was thought that maybe a mechanic left a coffee cup up in the wheel well the night before. Who knows. The mechanic at the aircraft looked around and for the life of him couldn't find any coffee or spill or cup or anything up in the nose gear area.
Apparently the potable water drain that connects to the front galley sink, front lav sink, and floor drain is located just behind the nose wheel. As it happened, a flight attendant spilled a cup of coffee at the same moment that the plane started to taxi. The sun shining through it made the coffee look red/pinkish. Go figure. LOL
So whatd'ya got?
Last edited by Globerunner513; 05-15-2010 at 10:39 AM.
05-15-2010, 09:18 AM
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Ran down the battery hot starting a Mooney M20E. Needed a jump.
+1 on the Coffee. Put the cup between the seats and hopped out to drain fuel. Noticed brown fluid leaking from belly. Looked/Smelled/Tasted like coffee.
+1 on the Coffee. Put the cup between the seats and hopped out to drain fuel. Noticed brown fluid leaking from belly. Looked/Smelled/Tasted like coffee.
05-15-2010, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by FlyJSH
Livestock on the runways including:
Snakes (endangered)
Turtles (endangered)
Jackrabbits (far from endangered)
Cattle (just plain dangerous!)
Snakes (endangered)
Turtles (endangered)
Jackrabbits (far from endangered)
Cattle (just plain dangerous!)
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