Incident at LGA -- WN aircraft loses winglet to AA
Dec 23, 2014, 10:33 am
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Incident at LGA -- WN aircraft loses winglet to AA
Saw this on NYT: https://twitter.com/Ari_Be_Free/stat...25079517519872
NYT reporter on WN flight says aircraft had wing clipped by AA plane; photo of ramper holding winglet...
NYT reporter on WN flight says aircraft had wing clipped by AA plane; photo of ramper holding winglet...
Dec 23, 2014, 10:41 am
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This sort of thing happened to me once when I was on a Tower Air 747 that clipped a AA MD-80's tail at SJU while taxiing. I swear our pilot was drunk
It just added a really long delay as the FAA investigated. After several hours we got loaded back on the 747 and flew to JFK. Not sure what happened to the AA plane.
It just added a really long delay as the FAA investigated. After several hours we got loaded back on the 747 and flew to JFK. Not sure what happened to the AA plane.
Dec 23, 2014, 1:23 pm
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Dec 24, 2014, 4:07 pm
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I noticed that over on airliners the usual suspects there have already completed their investigation in all of about 28 seconds and decided that Southwest is 100% at fault due to reckless operations. 
It's entirely possible that it was their fault but it seems that people are really quick to jump to such conclusions whenever WN has a bump, scratch, or skids off a taxiway in wet or icy conditions but when it happens to any other airline it was just an unfortunate accident.
It's entirely possible that it was their fault but it seems that people are really quick to jump to such conclusions whenever WN has a bump, scratch, or skids off a taxiway in wet or icy conditions but when it happens to any other airline it was just an unfortunate accident.
Dec 24, 2014, 5:43 pm
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I noticed that over on airliners the usual suspects there have already completed their investigation in all of about 28 seconds and decided that Southwest is 100% at fault due to reckless operations.
It's entirely possible that it was their fault but it seems that people are really quick to jump to such conclusions whenever WN has a bump, scratch, or skids off a taxiway in wet or icy conditions but when it happens to any other airline it was just an unfortunate accident.
It's entirely possible that it was their fault but it seems that people are really quick to jump to such conclusions whenever WN has a bump, scratch, or skids off a taxiway in wet or icy conditions but when it happens to any other airline it was just an unfortunate accident.
American spokesman Joshua Freed said in an email that the airline's plane "was taxiing with the help of ground personnel walking near each wingtip." Southwest refused to say if the airline also had workers on the tarmac assisting its pilots, or if that was required by company policy.
