What in case your towbar doesn't fit on your aircraft?

Post by **luchtzak** » 12 Jun 2004, 23:32

Hi all,

imagine this story: you have all the towbars in the world to push back every aircraft except you can't find THE one

What should you do?

This ? ==> https://www.aviation24.be/modules.php?name ... ls&lid=273 (free registration required)

greetz,

Bart
:rock:

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 12 Jun 2004, 23:51

When I saw the topic, I thought it happend with one of your flights :p (but heu, is this BRU, more specific the north site of the a A-pier with far away the A310 of BAF?)

Andries · Post by **Andries** » 13 Jun 2004, 03:27

Hehe ... quite good thinking !
I wonder how many men you'd need for a 747

Greetz,

Andries

Jense · Post by **Jense** » 13 Jun 2004, 09:48

What a great movie + great manpower

Wondering how the captain is feeling now...

8)

I need to follow blackhawk's tought... is this BRU

greettzzz

744rules · Post by **744rules** » 13 Jun 2004, 09:58

One of the unwritten rules in aviation : if it doesn't work, improvize and make it work.

Glider · Post by **Glider** » 13 Jun 2004, 21:18

@ Jense and Blackhawk:
yes, this is BRU (north of A-pier). I recognized it to the yellow BGS-jackets

. Later on I saw the BAF and the TUI.

Is 'no towbar' the real reason for this video, bart? Remember there were so much different types that I cannot imagine they had run out of CRJ-bars...
Anyway, nice video

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 13 Jun 2004, 21:26

Must have been a pretty sight for the passengers

B737229 · Post by **B737229** » 13 Jun 2004, 21:57

maybe an idea for ryanair, have the pax pushing back the aircraft...

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 13 Jun 2004, 22:42

Wow! Quite amazing! I wonder what the passengers were thinking.

Btw: I saw this TV show, last year, where they saw who would pull a DC-10 further, an elephant or 100 "little people". The elephant won.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 14 Jun 2004, 18:05

Well, Verhofstad always told us he would create a lot of jobs during the next 4 years. His plan is apparently working

Chris

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 14 Jun 2004, 18:55

Indeed, very funny movie

I saw a similar situation in the previous Dakar-rally. There wasn't a pushback available for an AN-74 from the organisation of the rally, so the locals were pushing the aircraft. Here is a screenshot made from the television with my webcam :

Regards, Robin Bamps.

SilverJET · Post by **SilverJET** » 14 Jun 2004, 21:36

It's funny to see this happening at BRU. The regional jet paradise in Europe without a towbar fora an CRJ.

how could this be happening

Best Regards

jgp · Post by **jgp** » 21 Jun 2004, 00:59

nice movie...can be used in india if the airline workers go on strike!

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 21 Jun 2004, 01:02

You got hands and arm ,,.. push or pull , it is good for training of arm and leg muscles

greets lol