Spanair's A320 (EC-IOH) has been damaged at its front door when the air bridge collided with the plane. The accident happened at Arlanda Airport.
Here are 2 pictures that clearly show how the door has been displaced from its usual position: 8O
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/558387/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/558386/M/
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Chris
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Normally, you have 3 modes on an airbridge : Off, Manual, Automatic.
off : speaks for itself (bridge is not working and in parking position)
manual : allows the operator to position the bridge. Procedures are normally that the bridge-operator gives the thumbs-up only when the bridge is correctly positioned. At that stage the cabin crew can open the door.
automatic : this means the bridge is docked to an aircraft and that it will follow the up/down movements of the a/c (de-boarding/boarding, offloading/loading, fueling). The ramp people will offload from the rear first because pax get out thru the front (tipping !!).
Some a/c are more sensible than others. TU134 and TU154 are amongst the more "dangerous" ones.
A few years ago, we had an iccident with an Air Alfa A300. During boarding, the bridge did not follow the a/c and was "hanging" on the fwd pax door. The a/c was grounded a few weeks to allow the airbus people to check if the structure was damaged or not. If so, it was a write-off
off : speaks for itself (bridge is not working and in parking position)
manual : allows the operator to position the bridge. Procedures are normally that the bridge-operator gives the thumbs-up only when the bridge is correctly positioned. At that stage the cabin crew can open the door.
automatic : this means the bridge is docked to an aircraft and that it will follow the up/down movements of the a/c (de-boarding/boarding, offloading/loading, fueling). The ramp people will offload from the rear first because pax get out thru the front (tipping !!).
Some a/c are more sensible than others. TU134 and TU154 are amongst the more "dangerous" ones.
A few years ago, we had an iccident with an Air Alfa A300. During boarding, the bridge did not follow the a/c and was "hanging" on the fwd pax door. The a/c was grounded a few weeks to allow the airbus people to check if the structure was damaged or not. If so, it was a write-off