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20 People Push Garuda Indonesia Plane Onto Runway After Wrong Turn
Meg Butler February 12, 2018
A Garuda Indonesia plane had to have a little help getting back on the runway at Tambolaka Airport in SJakarta. After the plane missed a turn after landing, around 20 technicians and airport employees had to run to its aid and push it backward by hand when no pushback tractor was available.
Garuda didorong.. pic.twitter.com/vB4ricYQb6
— abdul (@ngabdul) February 8, 2018
Onlookers initially thought that the plane was having mechanical problems. But once they maneuvered the plane — no easy feat, the Bombardier CRJ1000 jet has a maximum landing weight of 81,500 lbs — back into position, it continued on without further incident.
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[Image: Twitter/@ngabdul]
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Eng3 - very few planes are designed to do that. The DC9 was the last plane I flew that could do it.
Sounds like the wheel bearings were well lubricated and the tires well inflated.
Good thinking
Why couldnt the plane use the engine reverse. I've had planes "push back" from the gate this way before.
Where was Kevin Fast (the guy who pulled a C17) ?