Skywest RJ takes out ORD MX truck
 

here is the story

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,3425310.story


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This is the same story that was posted earlier, but not near the detail of pictures.

Does your buddy actually know how the hell that happened?

i wasn't sure if this had been posted or not.

pretty much from what they can gather the mx guys were repositioning the plane, using a closed taxiway. the driver of the truck sustained minor injuries, and the mx guys were uninjured. i believe it happened on taxiway romeo

The story was posted but these pictures are far better. Looks like it might actually be the edge of a runway.

Wow, those pictures really show the damage!

CRJ- 1
Truck-0

OUCH! I'm surprised nobody got killed in the truck.:eek:

I thought he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. That was the initial report anyway.

can you imagine the looks on their faces....

With this and the ASA disaster, I won't be surprised if SkW, Inc doesn't allow any non-pilot to touch a moving plane.

I don't think having pilot's moving this airplane would've changed the outcome of this. Clearly someone wasn't paying attention and moving at a high rate of speed to cause that kind of damage.

Not usually the case is it? I thought the plane would have been hurt more.

Yellow edge lines = Taxiway

White edge lines = Runway

I see white edge lines.

more like:

Truck driver - workers comp
MX Guys - Fired

From one of our ORD MX,

The truck was doing in excess of 50mph and failed to give way - the maintenance folks didn't see him in time. The impact was so rough it sent the right-seater halfway into the left-seat, hitting the TL's on the way...

It was very dark too...

Greaaaaat. More 12-minute Repo's :rolleyes:

LOL, I'm glad to know we are not the only ones to get a measly .2 for taxi, even if it takes all day!

Gotta watch out for those airport ops vehicles. I'm more afraid of being hit by them than other vehicle traffic. I've seen those guys drive around SFO, LAX, and ORD like they were on a race course! The scariest time I ever had in an airplane was at LAX when one of those idiots almost hit me as I was making a turn while repositioning an airplane. They missed me by a couple of feet and weren't even using the vehicle lanes! I had to slam on the brakes so hard that if my FA was up, she would have definitely been hurt. It was just a matter of time. Thank God nobody was killed.

Looks pretty bad...
Notice the windshield wipers on the CRJ...
Do you think it was because they were in use when it happened or moved that much from the impact?
Anyone know what the WX was at the time?

How exactly did you get to this conclusion? Airplane has the right of way, and we aren't maneuverable enough to avoid a truck closing at high speed.

and it's CRJ 1 and truck 0 because there's just a bit of weight difference.

Excellent point!!!!

It's amazing that anyone (especially pilots) could think that it was the Mx guys fault. Regardless I feel for all involved.

I think it has more to do with management approach...truck driver is airport employee(gov't) where its pretty hard to lose a job. Vs an airline whose logic on decision making is quite unpredictable. And not sure if SKW mx has a union to defend their guys.

UM I would think the unpredictability in this case would be from the Gov employees. Usually airline guys regardless of position have a standardized training in their back ground. Not to mention even if they were on a closed taxi way or runway, why has no one mentioned ground control's involvement?

Chill out, it's a joke... It's not necessarily a conclusion I made. It's actually much like the joke, CRJ 1, Truck 0, except I cleverly switched some things around. Or at least I thought I did...:(

Bombardier builds one tough crj700!!!

Just defer the radar, and get some speed tape on it. It'll buff right out.

If a demolition derby was staged on a big ramp somewhere which RJ or Turboprop do you think would be the last one moving. It would be dangerous and expensive, but it would be a lot of fun until everything started on fire.

I'd never have expected to see the RJ's nosewheel stand up to taking the rear axle out of a truck like that. I have a newfound respect for its strength!

That said, though, I'd probably figure on a 1900 or a Saab 340 winning the ramp demolition derby.