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Most of that should buff out! :shock:
Nothing that bog and duct tape can't fix!
Thanks for the photos guys. Must admit the damage looks more serious than I thought it was going to be.:shock:
Most of that should buff out! :shock:
Nothing that bog and duct tape can't fix!
I note that the VA aircraft was being pushed back, so under the "control" of the tug operator rather than the pilots. Though the pilots would have looked left/right before requesting the tug operator to commence.
I also note the report that teh JQ aircraft had no passengers on-board, so I assume it was being delivered to the gate by a tug. If that is the case then there would not have been any pilots on-board either, just an engineer.
So one for the ground handling companies to sort out regarding responsibilities. Not sure I would want to be the tug drivers explaining this to the boss.
Looking at the photos of the damage, it looks like the rear edge of the VA 737 wing tip has sliced through the tail-cone of the JQ A320.
I know its not necessarily a reliable information source, but this is what I had read when I made my post:Looking at the photos of the JQ A320 there are stairs attached to the rear of the aircraft so it looks like that aircraft was stationary at the time of the incident & only crew remained onboard after all passengers had recently disembarked from the inbound flight into MEL. I don't get the impression that it was being towed by an engineer at the time.
Was the VA aircraft being pushed back by an actual tug with a driver or was it being pushed back by a remote control tug operated by ground staff/contractors.
Do VA Engineers have anything to do with pushbacks eg walking beside the aircraft until the tug is disengaged or is it ground staff only?
-news.com.au said:“The incident involved an aircraft pushing back from its gate for departure, and an aircraft which was holding for a gate.”
Again I assumed that one aircraft being pushed back would not be in a position to hit an aircraft that was docked at a gate, but I could be making an incorrect assumption. I then assumed (perhaps wrongly) that if the JQ aircraft was not docked at a gate, and it had no passengers on board, that it must have been under tow by a tug. All just assumptions of course based on a media report, so quite possibly not accurate.news.com.au said:One aircraft was reversing out of Bay 1 and hit another plane, with the impact leaving debris on the tarmac.
The aircraft engineers union is investigating whether staff cuts may have contributed to a plane accident on the Melbourne Airport tarmac.
The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association says it had raised safety concerns with Virgin Australia several times before today's mishap.
The wing of a Virgin plane clipped a Jetstar aircraft as it was being pushed back to get ready for take off about 9:30am.
No one was hurt during the incident.
The union says the damage bill could be between $2 million and $3 million.
Union president Paul Cousins says he believes the recent removal of engineers from the pushback procedure may have contributed to the accident.
"We certainly have spoken to Virgin on many occasions and many other airlines," he said.
"If you do remove them, then you are bringing inherent dangers.
"I would be surprised if the money they've saved by putting ramp staff in these particular positions has actually been saved by a collision that would be worth quite a few million dollars.
"The engineer certainly would have noticed that the aircraft was sitting behind with two engines running.
"It will be something we'll certainly be taking up with Virgin.
"Hopefully they'll be listening and we'll obviously be looking [to ensure] that licensed aircraft engineers would actually take up that role."
Virgin says it is investigating all circumstances surrounding the incident.
I don't see why not. The ABC weren't advertising them, just stating some factual information.With how un-commercial the ABC can be, I'm a little surprised they mentioned the names of the operators.
I don't see why not. The ABC weren't advertising them, just stating some factual information.
What error????
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I can't see the image but I am assuming its the JQ A380 image!
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Thanks Mark. That would explain why no pax on board.The JQ bird ferried down from Sydney empty as JQ7981 in preparation for operating the ZQN flight, my hypothesis is she was not docked to the aerobridge but was 5M off, as possibly the NIGS was not set for the A320, and there was no ground crew at the gate to fix it, the VA flight has been given pushback clearance from Gate 1 as the controller was not aware the JQ plane was still not at the gate.
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With how un-commercial the ABC can be, I'm a little surprised they mentioned the names of the operators.