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Io con gli AriBridge ci lavoro... non mi viente in mente altro che un uragano che possa mettere su un fianco uno di questi cosi...
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Probabilmente stavano tirando indietro la passerella proprio per chiudere le porta e poi fare il push...MatteF88 ha scritto:Infatti, anche perché ha staccato il portellone il quale dovrebbe essere chiuso al momento del push no?
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... es-384298/It is understood that the rear air bridge had collapsed, crashing into the front air bridge and the forward passenger door of the aircraft was ripped off in the process.
http://www.chinaaviationdaily.com/news/63/63299.htmlThe Airport Authority was fined HK$120,000 on Thursday after a court found that it could have prevented the unprecedented collapse of an air bridge that ripped off a Cathay Pacific Airways plane door and injured a technician in 2013.
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The case centred on the collapse of a boarding bridge connecting a Cathay Pacific flight set for Nagoya in Japan on April 7, 2013, after its 262 passengers had boarded.
An investigation found that four of the 12 bolts holding a rotunda flange at the bridge column had failed due to metal fatigue, while the remaining ones could not support the load.
The authority had since replaced all 20 air bridges of the same model and was expected to complete the replacement of other types by 2020.
The magistrate at Kwun Tong Court found the authority guilty of failing to ensuring the safety of equipment at its premises, while clearing Jardine Engineering Corporation of the same charge.
She said the authority had failed to ensure maintenance of the safety-critical structural joint since the air bridge was first used in 1999, despite the manufacturer's instructions for annual inspection and tightening.
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