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Passengers asked to push their plane!

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hhStrange story in 7 sur 7 (and probably also in HLN (didn't have time to check the link): the 69 passengers of a CRJ700 of Shandong Airlines from China were asked to disembark and to help the 7 crew to push their plane shortly after landing at Zhengzhou. The plane had an incident before reaching the terminal. The personnel of the airport was unable to push the plane without the help of some of the passengers. It finally took them 2 hours to move 1 km.
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What was that thread about human-powered flight? Is human-powered taxi the Chinese alternative - or to be called a variant, rather, perhaps?

(and excuse me for being pecky, dear André, but could you elaborate on the finer nuances between pusking and puching...?)

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jan_olieslagers wrote:(and excuse me for being pecky, dear André, but could you elaborate on the finer nuances between pusking and puching...?)
That's what happens when you write an article in a hurry without checking the spelling by fear of missing the train that will bring you back home. My apologies. Mistakes corrected!
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Indeed, also De Telegraaf and Het Laatste Nieuws have mentionned it, both with "pax had to push...".

But take a look at the photo: passengers all wearing the same types of uniform? Nobody with hand luggage? An airline asking pax to push a plane at the flaps? I really don't think so. However, this photo should compete in Knokke's Humorfestival...

This is the original news source - with of course the best quality for the photo:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... plane.html

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If it broke in mid-air, would they have asked the passengers to stick their hands out of the windows and flap?

Anyway, airplanes are light. I remember an incident (I think it was in India) where people had to get out and push a TRAIN.

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Well we have to tackle climate change somehow 8-)

And think of the price of fuel nowadays, there are more opportunities to save costs than you would think of.

Hopefully MOL does not see this picture, otherwise it might be the usual procedure soon at FR, "turnaround time" gets a different meaning now to me :?
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APU is still running, what a noise for the passengers!

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Nadat een CRJ7 na een hardhandige landing niet meer verder getaxied kon worden, moesten dertig Chinese medewerkers van het vliegveld Zhengzhou in actie komen.Het geduld van de 67 inzittenden en de zevenkoppige bemanning werd danig op de proef gesteld. Het kostte de medewerkers ruim twee uur om het vliegtuig over een afstand van dik achthonderd meter van de landingsbaan af te duwen. Godzijdank was dit maar een twintig tonner, een doorsnee toestel. Als het een echt groot vliegtuig was geweest, hadden we het nooit gered, verklaarde een van de duwers achteraf, die in de tien jaar dat hij op de luchthaven werkt, nog nooit zoiets meegemaakt zegt te hebben. Volgens een woordvoerder was er een defect aan het hydraulische systeem van het vliegtuig waardoor het gevaarte niet meer aan een sleepwagen kon worden bevestigd. Gelukkig kon het vliegtuig nog wel op tijd remmen en raakten er geen passagiers gewond, aldus de woordvoerder.

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EBAW, please use English in this forum. Thanks!
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sn26567 wrote:EBAW, please use English in this forum. Thanks!
Indeed. And wouldn't it be better to mention the source of this text? But it surely makes for interesting reading.

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EBAW wrote:Nadat een CRJ7 na een hardhandige landing niet meer verder getaxied kon worden, moesten dertig Chinese medewerkers van het vliegveld Zhengzhou in actie komen.Het geduld van de 67 inzittenden en de zevenkoppige bemanning werd danig op de proef gesteld. Het kostte de medewerkers ruim twee uur om het vliegtuig over een afstand van dik achthonderd meter van de landingsbaan af te duwen. Godzijdank was dit maar een twintig tonner, een doorsnee toestel. Als het een echt groot vliegtuig was geweest, hadden we het nooit gered, verklaarde een van de duwers achteraf, die in de tien jaar dat hij op de luchthaven werkt, nog nooit zoiets meegemaakt zegt te hebben. Volgens een woordvoerder was er een defect aan het hydraulische systeem van het vliegtuig waardoor het gevaarte niet meer aan een sleepwagen kon worden bevestigd. Gelukkig kon het vliegtuig nog wel op tijd remmen en raakten er geen passagiers gewond, aldus de woordvoerder.
This is the text from the article in Het Laatste Nieuws, and a translation from the first article about this = in the Daily Mail (U.K.). Once again: take a look at the photo: the people pushing the plane are not passengers: they are all dressed about the same, including the guys at the front gear. It's clearly airline staff who's pushing that plane, probably because there was no pushback truck available and the plane had to be removed urgently.

So once again proof that journo's: a) don't mind to change facts (Daily Mail) or b) don't double check stories anymore (HLN, Telegraaf).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... plane.html

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when towbar or nose lifter isn't an option there's always the powerpush if the handling agent has one

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euroflyer wrote:Well we have to tackle climate change somehow 8-)

And think of the price of fuel nowadays, there are more opportunities to save costs than you would think of.

Hopefully MOL does not see this picture, otherwise it might be the usual procedure soon at FR, "turnaround time" gets a different meaning now to me :?
It took them 2 hours to push the plane. I doubt MOL would be interested.

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when towbar or nose lifter isn't an option there's always the powerpush if the handling agent has one
Would a powerpush fit under a CRJ700 wing? Those airplanes are really close to the ground!
BTW, I googled a bit, and it seems powerpushes are only used in Europe and not by many ground handlers (Aviapartner is one of them).

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flightcare has one too but its not easy to use since you have to tell the pilots when and how to turn the aircraft. i wouldn't recommend buying it actualy

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You could have added a link for those of us who don't know what on earth a powerpush is.

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At the end of the 15°Wing open door the DC-3 F-AZTE was hand pushed back.

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