My dad dispatches these flights out of MIA (among other places), he told me about it. The truck belongs to a catering company. It was being driven by a female who was not supposed to be driving, hence the reason they jumped out and switched really quick. The passenger told security he was the driver, but once they reviewed this footage they saw he clearly wasn't. They were both fired. AIrcraft is N462UP
By all appearances and reports, the passenger was "DRIVING" the truck, and the designated person meant to be driving the truck was watching the passenger drive (while in the passenger seat of the truck)?
Didn't watch the video did you? There were 2 people in the truck. The "passenger" was the passenger in the truck. The driver and this passanger switched places after the accident becasue the driver wasn't supposed to be driving.
Occurred March 23 UPS Boeing 757-200 (N462UP) on Spot 90 at the Miami International Airport Repaired by AAR Aircraft Services Miami, and returned to flight status on April 13.
WOW... That is excellent time.... With that time table, they either had extra crews working it or the damage was not as bad as it looked from the outside.
NatGeo ran a TV series called "World's Toughest Fixes" and one episode involved Boeing's AOG (Aircraft On Ground) team replacing a pressure dome on a 767 (an external event punctured the unpressurized tail section and pressure dome). Despite problems with the limitations in the hangar they were conducting repairs in (the host is a professional rigger, and he jumped in to help rig the vertical stabilizer for removal/reinstallation because they didn't have enough clearance to lift it via the normal lift points). I think the whole project was done, new pressure dome installed and that plane back in service in 10-14 days. You can buy/watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/show/worlds-toughest-fixes
I have seen some of those repairs, and you should see the bill that comes with them as well. Piedmont (mainline) a number of years ago had a 737-200 land, roll off the end of the runway, put the gear into mud and sheared them off, and put the nose gear in the electronics bay. A Boeing team came out for that one and setup a tent to work in and everything.
I still would not want to fly in it if it were a passenger jet...that was a pretty solid hit. I would suspect unusual metal fatigue in future inspections.
Not at all Keep in mind he hit the front of the aircraft, of course most of the weight is in the front. Also, being parked and chocked, breaks were probably off and the a/c simply pivoted... In reality, he probably did push more than 10% of the weight which was not much more than he was to begin with.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong. Most of the weight is certainly NOT in the front! Do you know anything about aircraft weight and balance? Brakes on (not breaks!) and wheels chocked are no matter, since the impact was exactly from the side, and not too faar from the zero moment point, or center of gravity. If the truck was not braking and going 20mph (at the MOST!), weighed 12000lbs (at the MOST), and stopped in .2 seconds, he hit with a force of 120500 lbs of force -- certainly enough to shake it, but not enough to overcome static friction and move it forward, much less sideways!
Well, actually it is, at least in the front half of the plane, from the wings forward. All your stationary equipment is in the forward part of the plane, i.e. all electronic bays and all; This is offset by pax and baggage loading.
Methinks this guy has some depth perception issues. I love the way he wanders in a daze off the screen.....likely all the way to the unemployment office :)
so the original driver just gets out and walks away like nothing happened...or maybe he was just heading to his car knowing that he was suddenly unemployed
This is so much more that could have happened at the hands of these fools. Simply firing or jailing is not enough. How can this happen? What if the AC was a departing passenger flight and they ran into a running engine after push back, or ruptured a wing fuel tank? How did they get hired for a job that puts them in a position to allow such havoc?
There actually was almost a potential serious injury. After the truck hit a grounds crew man approached the rear of the truck, at the same time the driver quickly reversed and almost hit the man, then turning away from the plane almost hit him again. Apparently not looking where he was going.
I imagine the "passenger" let the other person take a turn driving exactly because it was a cargo plane. The punishment can only fit the crime, they can't make up laws. They're probably hired for this job because sadly they don't have the ability to do anything requiring more advanced knowledge. The hiring party would have no way of knowing they weren't going to follow the rules.
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The passenger told security he was the driver, but once they reviewed this footage they saw he clearly wasn't. They were both fired.
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