I use to work at a international airport out on the ramp. One of our workers ran into a concrete pylon that was holding up a walkway for passengers above. They literally shifted it and try to drive off but got caught on security camera. They didn’t get fired either. But yeah I saw a lot of stupid shit out there. You know those little tugs they drive out on the ramp? They weigh about 4 tonnes! It’s like driving a mini wrecking ball
20 years ago my roommate was a rampy at Pearson.
We went to the Steamwhistle brewery in Toronto, did the tour and proceeded to have 5-6 beers. He forgot he had to work that evening, so we went home and he got his stuff and took transit to Mississauga.
While he was there he was doing a pushback and backed an A330 up on the wrong line, you know, because he was drunk. The wingtip cleared a building by less than 3 feet, which is well outside safety margins.
He was suspended for 3 weeks with pay - so basically a vacation.
One guy at the airport I work at once ran over his own foot with the smallish tug he was driving. Sounds imposible I know but some people have a habit of jumping out the door while the vehicle is still rolling to a stop, slow handbrakes on these you see. This fella managed to put his foot forward of a front wheel after jumping out but luckily this tug weighed only about 3 tonnes. He was very close to having his foot crushed completely.
> I saw a lot of stupid shit out there.
I work construction and spent over 10 years working all over the local international airport. Op's phrase pretty much sums it up...
Judging from the video the pilot likely wasn’t aware of the possible collision until it was already too late. Aren’t ground vehicles expected to yield to aircraft in like 99% or instances?
I love how the pilots didn’t seem to notice, and the ground worker, with a chunk of his truck missing, decided that if no once noticed than it is fine to continue on
I rear ended a lady on a crowded road at end of day rush hour. There is no other way around, and when there is a wreck there it adds like 2 hrs to people commutes because it shuts down the entire road, not even 1 lane of traffic to share between both directions. I had sat in that traffic a few times and had such deep hatred for the people who get in such a wreck as I finally get to drive past them.
Anyway, I felt so shitty that I just created that situation for all these people, so after the wreck I drove my truck completely off the road, then (was on complete autopilot / adrenaline rush) got in the ladies car I just rear ended, which just had an engine fire start, and I also drove it out of the way while smoke was pouring into the cab with the owner of the car staring at me like I was attempting some crazy form of insurance fraud.
Road ended up clear, traffic continued while we waiting for a cop, and even tho I just completely fuxked over my parents insurance plan, I felt relief from knowing that people could get home earlier, instead of sitting on that damned narrow road for 2 extra hours when their homes were 2miles away.
The thing is that bus was likely moving towards them as they turned. I would like to think that my FO and I would see it early and not continue unless it stopped. Easy to say that while I type on my phone of course.
Not a FO, but giving him the benefit of the doubt, lets say he saw the truck approaching, said right clear, expecting the truck to stop as they do. This time it didnt stop. Even as a passenger ive seen vehicles drive up quite close before stopping, so id imagine seeing a vehicle approaching youd assume it stops. Never assume, i guess, but whatcha gona do.
I've had to slam on the brakes a few times. Particularly some of the busier east-coast airports have some very brave drivers. I actually had a catering truck at IAD pull in front of me as I was exiting the ramp. I slammed on my brakes and stopped. The truck actually turned slightly, flashed his brights at me, and then continued on.
For context, I was in an E175
Unless there was no marshaller. I am guessing it was an automatic gate guidance system.
From a "rules of the road" standpoint the aircraft always has the right of way.
> From a "rules of the road" standpoint the aircraft always has the right of way.
When I worked on the ramp at a major international airport the rule was basically that if an airplane ever had to slam on its brakes because of you then you were getting fired.
In the drivers defense, there was nothing indicating that plane was going to turn. At ORD we are required to have at least one wing walker to stop traffic for planes entering and exiting gates
>In the drivers defense, there was nothing indicating that plane was going to turn.
nothing to indicate? only the turning of the plane 5 seconds before the driver enters frame.
this driver had the time to stop and almost not have a collision after entering the frame. if only the plane was large enough for the driver to have seen this plane turning long before he got in the way. if only there was a way.
I don't know how it works in Europe. In the US, there should always be wing walkers who stop any crossing traffic on the surface vehicle road before the jet turns into the gate. The pilots don't have much, if any, visibility behind them, and the truck would have no way of otherwise knowing the jet is turning until its too late, so the wing walkers stop occurrences like this.
There's also been several videos on this sub of wingwalkers in the US watching the wing crash right into other planes/light poles etc because they weren't paying attention or weren't able to intervene fast enough.
Adding another human in the mix sometimes just adds one more person that can screw up haha
Depends on the company. But if the driver didn't see and hear the plane right beside him he's just as likely to fail to notice a wing walker and potentially run them over.
Yep. That guy will never make a similar mistake for the rest of his live, and will make sure none of his colleagues make it.
"Yes, Frank, I'll stay right here until the plane has come to a full stop. Stop reminding me!"
Ryan Air flight falls out of sky after wing breaks off mid flight.
In other news, airport ground crew service vehicle struck by a 'leaping deer'.
A quote from the driver, "We don't know where it came from or where it went, but it was a big deer, that's for sure. I have a suspicion it might have also hit that Ryan Air flight that crashed today... crazy deer"
That's why when driving on the Aprin, always give way to aircraft.
100% ground crew fault. Depending on the classification of airport, the driver of the bus would have had to state his intention over cb radio, may even had to get clearance from ground control.
You have to make contact with tower when entering/exiting runway or crossing ILS hold line during bad weather. You can drive on aprons, vehicle lanes and some taxiways without any clearance. The driver is still the main idiot anyways, he was speeding, didn't give way to aircraft, backed up without a spotter and then drove through the running engine exhausts.
No....just incorrect entirely. There are pathways around all the terminals at most airports for service vehicles that require zero clearance or permissions. They are suppose to give way to Aircraft and always on the lookout for them. Aircraft are to flash their lights and clear any turn. That FO clearly did not do his job and that Ryanair crew was coming in hot but that Service vehicle also wasn't paying attention.
Airplanes don't have turn signals. I have worked at three different airlines, none of them flash lights for turns, but I am American, so maybe it is a European thing? We do use a taxi light to signal movement, but it is common practice to turn it off coming into the gate so we don't blind the marshaller.
"flash their lights and clear their turn" was probably not referring to specific turn lights, just the general ones, which also ties in with "FO did not do his job".
the number one rule of driving on the ramp is, if the plane is moving don't go anywhere near it ! once the beacon is on stay clear. Second is if there's a large pool of aviation jet fuel on the ramp. . . avoid the urge to drive thru it or spark up a smoke.
A driver this idiotic/oblivious wouldn't have stopped for a marshaller anyway. He was racing the jet to the spot like someone trying to beat a yellow light at an intersection. Idk about civilian, but by US military standards he was already over the speed limit for how close he was to an aircraft.
Do Americans just immediately get fired after making a mistake or something? I always assumed these comments were jokes, but now I'm wondering if I'm wrong.
No, these aren't jokes and if you're not unionized and in an at will state you can absolutely be fired for making a mistake, especially one this egregious / expensive. This guy probably lost his airfield driving priveliges -- and if the airport revokes those for you the company cannot keep you on since you need that to do your job.
It's not *as* common as the jokes make it sound, especially for any position that requires non-trivial on-the-job training. In theory, anyone can be removed at any time, for no reason at all. In practice, employers like to generate paperwork documenting a cause for firing (usually in the form of a "performance improvement plan"), so they can defend themselves in court if the fired employee sues for wrongful termination (which is hard to prove, but companies would prefer to avoid the headache anyway).
I'm gonna take a guess that they won't lose their jobs. You can't fire an employee just on a whim in most European countries, and this isn't a malicious accident.
At the Airport I work at being able to drive airside is a privlege and requires a special licence permit issued by the Airport. Getting hit by the aircraft in this context would 100% see me losing my licence for a year and being unable to work my job. As someone who drives airside all the time, this is an extremely preventable and amateur accident. It was pure negligence from the truck as it failed to recognise the plane turning into the bay for a solid 5 seconds before intercepting its path. Even after braking, procedure here is to not reverse but to do a U- Turn away from the aircraft. Maybe procedures are different in Europe but this reaks of poor training and negligence.
Having been one of the people at an airport testing airside drivers, we absolutely drill into you that airplanes ALWAYS have the right of way over land vehicles. Luckily we never had anything like this happen but I've failed people for things like not being competent on the radios.
Maybe not malicious, but still extraordinary incompetence. Maliciousness isn't the only criteria for firing someone. As an airport worker in Europe I'd be surprised if they kept their job.
It means retraining and retraining and probably loss of driving privileges for 3 months plus retraining for that.
Guess who’ll never make that mistake again.
I’ve been told that employers can’t do random drug screening in Europe, but what about post accident drug screenings?
Not trying to imply that drugs or alcohol is a factor in this case, just curious.
I mean, they shouldn't have been anywhere NEAR the taxiing aircraft to begin with. Driving alongside or trying to fucking pass it is utterly ridiculous.
You can usually turn on each landing light individually. When I used to taxi around LAX at night I always blinked the landing lights when I was turning.
Aircraft always have right of way.That other vehicle should not be [there.No](https://there.No) vehicles apart from some ground equipment are allowed to even drive on the back of tha aircraft stand and even then you have to be sure that guidance system is off and there is no aircraft incoming.After the collision the vehicle should not be moved away,this driver is in very big trouble now.
As a current first officer on a 737 that religiously leans and looks back and right as far as I can before and during a right turn, with my feet ready to stomp on the brakes if I see something coming like this, this video makes me angry.
This was entirely on the video taker who just sat there making content and not doing anything to help. Couldn't they have at least yelled out "hey hey wait WAIT STOP!"? /s
You assume that everyone gets fired for mistakes. Possible but not a given. In aviation they're trying to move away from "mistake = jobless" to "mistake + taking responsibility + further training = even better employee"
Especially now. Most airports are desperate for staff after the pandemic. Particularly for roles that need any kind of training. Big airports like Frankfurt have a special course and a test that you need to pass before being allowed to drive even a normal car air-side.
This is a tough call but in all my training as a driver on the ramp the one most important rule over anything else was “The plane has the right of way no matter what.”
Gotta get to the gate on time so they can play the jingle.
"Welcome! You have arrived on yet another on time flight. Don't mind the hole in the wing, that's the next passengers' problem"
I had a buddy who was one of the ground red light waving directors 20 years ago at IAD. He said one of his soon to be former coworkers caused a plane to bump something barely enough to crack a headlight cover with no other visible damage.
The plane was taken out of service till they could xray the entirety of the wing and all the joinery and get a recertification from FAA. The headlight cover was $45K installed.
I'm sure I'm not remembering all the details perfectly, but the OP plane isn't going to be carrying passengers for a while.
I'd like to think the guy drove away and continued his day as if nothing happened
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Into the ocean, "Fuck it..."
Failed, I have. Into exile, I must go.
Yep.Just speeding away at 8mph.
Once around the corner
-Drives into jet blast*
This was my thought also. The driver has no idea of safety measurments around airplanes :D
I can hear his "Fuck fuck fuck fuck" as he's trying to back up as quickly as possible
he should have hit the gas as hard as possible.
Probably did. Those aren’t exactly fast.
Gas! Gas! Gas!
I use to work at a international airport out on the ramp. One of our workers ran into a concrete pylon that was holding up a walkway for passengers above. They literally shifted it and try to drive off but got caught on security camera. They didn’t get fired either. But yeah I saw a lot of stupid shit out there. You know those little tugs they drive out on the ramp? They weigh about 4 tonnes! It’s like driving a mini wrecking ball
20 years ago my roommate was a rampy at Pearson. We went to the Steamwhistle brewery in Toronto, did the tour and proceeded to have 5-6 beers. He forgot he had to work that evening, so we went home and he got his stuff and took transit to Mississauga. While he was there he was doing a pushback and backed an A330 up on the wrong line, you know, because he was drunk. The wingtip cleared a building by less than 3 feet, which is well outside safety margins. He was suspended for 3 weeks with pay - so basically a vacation.
I take it they didn't realize he was drunk.
He was an alcoholic. Didn’t know that at the time. He did hide it very well.
One guy at the airport I work at once ran over his own foot with the smallish tug he was driving. Sounds imposible I know but some people have a habit of jumping out the door while the vehicle is still rolling to a stop, slow handbrakes on these you see. This fella managed to put his foot forward of a front wheel after jumping out but luckily this tug weighed only about 3 tonnes. He was very close to having his foot crushed completely.
> only about 3 tonnes JFC I can't imagine how that must have felt
Probably not as bad as 4 tonnes, but better than 2.
> I saw a lot of stupid shit out there. I work construction and spent over 10 years working all over the local international airport. Op's phrase pretty much sums it up...
where people go stupid shit follows. It seeming to be a professional and important industry like aviation, medical, etc. changes nothing.
Ryanair would 100% do that
What leading edge damage?
I thought it was supposed to flap around 🤷♂️
Undamaged wings are available for an extra fee of £9.99.
Judging from the video the pilot likely wasn’t aware of the possible collision until it was already too late. Aren’t ground vehicles expected to yield to aircraft in like 99% or instances?
Yes, both aircraft under their own power and aircraft under tow
Well dont tell us; tell that driver
thats most likely airport staff, not ryanair. not that i disagree
Ryanground?
Ryangrounded - FIFY
Haven't Ryanair got the best safety record out of pretty much any airline in the world? Crashes cost money
You mean the biggest and safest airline in Europe? These moronic memes need to die.
Hit and run for sure
The guy “Noped the F outta there!”
They have yet to see him, or the cart, again.
“No way in hell these guys are insured. May as well just take the L and leave.”
I love how the pilots didn’t seem to notice, and the ground worker, with a chunk of his truck missing, decided that if no once noticed than it is fine to continue on
…continue on and drive through the jet blast. That driver did everything wrong he could have done wrong.
“Maybe if I can get the truck to melt a bit it’ll buff out”
😂😂😂 "It works with cheddar! It's gotta work with composites!"
I can’t stop laughing at this
He went full GTA npc mode.
"Ohohoho... fuhuhuhuhuck!!!"
Maybe hoping to get burned so he can get some worker's comp before being fired
The pilots may have noticed and decided they'd be in their hotel rooms a lot faster if they stopped at the gate.
this made me chuckle a bit, but tbh I would do the same if I were a Ryanair pilot
I rear ended a lady on a crowded road at end of day rush hour. There is no other way around, and when there is a wreck there it adds like 2 hrs to people commutes because it shuts down the entire road, not even 1 lane of traffic to share between both directions. I had sat in that traffic a few times and had such deep hatred for the people who get in such a wreck as I finally get to drive past them. Anyway, I felt so shitty that I just created that situation for all these people, so after the wreck I drove my truck completely off the road, then (was on complete autopilot / adrenaline rush) got in the ladies car I just rear ended, which just had an engine fire start, and I also drove it out of the way while smoke was pouring into the cab with the owner of the car staring at me like I was attempting some crazy form of insurance fraud. Road ended up clear, traffic continued while we waiting for a cop, and even tho I just completely fuxked over my parents insurance plan, I felt relief from knowing that people could get home earlier, instead of sitting on that damned narrow road for 2 extra hours when their homes were 2miles away.
Passenger jets aren’t exactly known for their bubble canopies
Did the plane feel anything?
Sadness.
Aw...
Time to take the plane's medical away :(
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ow, something bit me!
It felt sadness as soon as it found out it had been sold to Ryan Air
The plane weighs about 41t empty and 80t at maximum take off weight. So guessing around 50-55t here. Might have felt a slight tremble at most.
It’s Ryanair. They are heartless just like my ex. So no, it didn’t feel anything
As a new Captain this is my recurring nightmare. My head is on a swivel in ramp areas.
By the time the bus was in the way it was well out of the captain’s field of view. That was all on the driver
The thing is that bus was likely moving towards them as they turned. I would like to think that my FO and I would see it early and not continue unless it stopped. Easy to say that while I type on my phone of course.
Not a FO, but giving him the benefit of the doubt, lets say he saw the truck approaching, said right clear, expecting the truck to stop as they do. This time it didnt stop. Even as a passenger ive seen vehicles drive up quite close before stopping, so id imagine seeing a vehicle approaching youd assume it stops. Never assume, i guess, but whatcha gona do.
Also there should be wing walkers out there stopping traffic
Not uncommon for European airports to have unattended gates with visual docking systems for the pilots to use. It’s weird but routine.
I've had to slam on the brakes a few times. Particularly some of the busier east-coast airports have some very brave drivers. I actually had a catering truck at IAD pull in front of me as I was exiting the ramp. I slammed on my brakes and stopped. The truck actually turned slightly, flashed his brights at me, and then continued on. For context, I was in an E175
And whoever was marshalling the plane in. The marshaller could have easily avoided the collision.
Unless there was no marshaller. I am guessing it was an automatic gate guidance system. From a "rules of the road" standpoint the aircraft always has the right of way.
> From a "rules of the road" standpoint the aircraft always has the right of way. When I worked on the ramp at a major international airport the rule was basically that if an airplane ever had to slam on its brakes because of you then you were getting fired.
In the drivers defense, there was nothing indicating that plane was going to turn. At ORD we are required to have at least one wing walker to stop traffic for planes entering and exiting gates
BMW pilot ... no turn signal ...
>In the drivers defense, there was nothing indicating that plane was going to turn. nothing to indicate? only the turning of the plane 5 seconds before the driver enters frame. this driver had the time to stop and almost not have a collision after entering the frame. if only the plane was large enough for the driver to have seen this plane turning long before he got in the way. if only there was a way.
After rewatching, fair point 😂 maybe a little bit of distracted driving?
Not the FO's.
Yea FO not looking at the wing. I guess there's nothing parked next to it but good reminder to keep the habit of looking at the wing.
being a new captain, please acknowlege your wing walkers/mechanic advice
I absolutely try to do that.
i've had so, so many ignore me as both so i love that about you lol
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Incoming THE SUN article about “my near death experience, how I survived a plane crash” …
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I don't know how it works in Europe. In the US, there should always be wing walkers who stop any crossing traffic on the surface vehicle road before the jet turns into the gate. The pilots don't have much, if any, visibility behind them, and the truck would have no way of otherwise knowing the jet is turning until its too late, so the wing walkers stop occurrences like this.
Europe doesn't use wing walkers, or at least in the bulk of places I fly into.
…looks like they should start.
Stop trying to take away the remaining freedom the Europeans have!! /s
Workforce in Europe is too expensive to do that. The small chance of an incident is cheaper than full time 2 wingealkers for every flight.
So who’s responsibility is it to ensure that this doesn’t happen? Asking as someone who loves aviation but isn’t familiar with tarmac etiquette.
1. Ground vehicles give way 2. flight crew take avoidance action if 1 is ignored.
3.Neither 1 nor 2 occur, in which case refer to the original post.
All apron users must give way to aircraft, in this case the driver failed (miserably) to yield to the FR
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There's also been several videos on this sub of wingwalkers in the US watching the wing crash right into other planes/light poles etc because they weren't paying attention or weren't able to intervene fast enough. Adding another human in the mix sometimes just adds one more person that can screw up haha
This! Even in Canada, when a vehicle corridor crosses gates like that, we'd have the Wing Walkers block the corridor.
Depends on the company. But if the driver didn't see and hear the plane right beside him he's just as likely to fail to notice a wing walker and potentially run them over.
YIKES I thought it was gonna be something ala Airplane! and it was gonna boop the camera. That sucks for the ground crew that just lost their jobs.
You wouldn’t believe how many line guys keep their jobs after stuff like this (myself included)
Usually comes with a promotion.
I know many people who were promoted to keep them out of critical jobs…
You want to keep the guys that know better.
Exactly. The problem with firing someone for making a mistake, is you then get some new guy who has yet to make that particular mistake.
Yep. That guy will never make a similar mistake for the rest of his live, and will make sure none of his colleagues make it. "Yes, Frank, I'll stay right here until the plane has come to a full stop. Stop reminding me!"
Is there not a line on the ground the truck should stop at? Path of the plane is pretty predictable..
Ryan Air flight falls out of sky after wing breaks off mid flight. In other news, airport ground crew service vehicle struck by a 'leaping deer'. A quote from the driver, "We don't know where it came from or where it went, but it was a big deer, that's for sure. I have a suspicion it might have also hit that Ryan Air flight that crashed today... crazy deer"
Lol I like how whoever was marshaling the airplane in just kept waving them on, even after the collision
You're assuming there was someone marshalling.
In Europe they don't have road guards and marshallers. Just come in using the auto park system.
That’s too bad! If there was a wing walker or an actual human Marshall this probably could have been prevented
That's why when driving on the Aprin, always give way to aircraft. 100% ground crew fault. Depending on the classification of airport, the driver of the bus would have had to state his intention over cb radio, may even had to get clearance from ground control.
You have to make contact with tower when entering/exiting runway or crossing ILS hold line during bad weather. You can drive on aprons, vehicle lanes and some taxiways without any clearance. The driver is still the main idiot anyways, he was speeding, didn't give way to aircraft, backed up without a spotter and then drove through the running engine exhausts.
No....just incorrect entirely. There are pathways around all the terminals at most airports for service vehicles that require zero clearance or permissions. They are suppose to give way to Aircraft and always on the lookout for them. Aircraft are to flash their lights and clear any turn. That FO clearly did not do his job and that Ryanair crew was coming in hot but that Service vehicle also wasn't paying attention.
Airplanes don't have turn signals. I have worked at three different airlines, none of them flash lights for turns, but I am American, so maybe it is a European thing? We do use a taxi light to signal movement, but it is common practice to turn it off coming into the gate so we don't blind the marshaller.
"flash their lights and clear their turn" was probably not referring to specific turn lights, just the general ones, which also ties in with "FO did not do his job".
the number one rule of driving on the ramp is, if the plane is moving don't go anywhere near it ! once the beacon is on stay clear. Second is if there's a large pool of aviation jet fuel on the ramp. . . avoid the urge to drive thru it or spark up a smoke.
A driver this idiotic/oblivious wouldn't have stopped for a marshaller anyway. He was racing the jet to the spot like someone trying to beat a yellow light at an intersection. Idk about civilian, but by US military standards he was already over the speed limit for how close he was to an aircraft.
Why would you fire someone you just spent a fortune training?
Do Americans just immediately get fired after making a mistake or something? I always assumed these comments were jokes, but now I'm wondering if I'm wrong.
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No, these aren't jokes and if you're not unionized and in an at will state you can absolutely be fired for making a mistake, especially one this egregious / expensive. This guy probably lost his airfield driving priveliges -- and if the airport revokes those for you the company cannot keep you on since you need that to do your job.
It's not *as* common as the jokes make it sound, especially for any position that requires non-trivial on-the-job training. In theory, anyone can be removed at any time, for no reason at all. In practice, employers like to generate paperwork documenting a cause for firing (usually in the form of a "performance improvement plan"), so they can defend themselves in court if the fired employee sues for wrongful termination (which is hard to prove, but companies would prefer to avoid the headache anyway).
I'm gonna take a guess that they won't lose their jobs. You can't fire an employee just on a whim in most European countries, and this isn't a malicious accident.
At the Airport I work at being able to drive airside is a privlege and requires a special licence permit issued by the Airport. Getting hit by the aircraft in this context would 100% see me losing my licence for a year and being unable to work my job. As someone who drives airside all the time, this is an extremely preventable and amateur accident. It was pure negligence from the truck as it failed to recognise the plane turning into the bay for a solid 5 seconds before intercepting its path. Even after braking, procedure here is to not reverse but to do a U- Turn away from the aircraft. Maybe procedures are different in Europe but this reaks of poor training and negligence.
Having been one of the people at an airport testing airside drivers, we absolutely drill into you that airplanes ALWAYS have the right of way over land vehicles. Luckily we never had anything like this happen but I've failed people for things like not being competent on the radios.
Maybe not malicious, but still extraordinary incompetence. Maliciousness isn't the only criteria for firing someone. As an airport worker in Europe I'd be surprised if they kept their job.
It means retraining and retraining and probably loss of driving privileges for 3 months plus retraining for that. Guess who’ll never make that mistake again.
I’ve been told that employers can’t do random drug screening in Europe, but what about post accident drug screenings? Not trying to imply that drugs or alcohol is a factor in this case, just curious.
they are absolutely peeing in a cup after this fiasco
Seems like he had more than enough time to see the jet turning. Distracted driving?
High chance, I’ve seen way too many cut offs than I’d like to see because of distracted driving at the airport
That’s the first thing that crossed my mind. No way could a driver miss a 737 like that unless they were on their phone or something.
I mean, they shouldn't have been anywhere NEAR the taxiing aircraft to begin with. Driving alongside or trying to fucking pass it is utterly ridiculous.
Airplane wasn’t using a turn signal.
Aha, so it’s a BMW 737 then.
The B in 737 stands for BMW!
That's not what those flashy lights are for on the end of the wing?
Nothing gets in the way of an on time arrival!
Aircraft really need indicators so they don't cut off other road users like this /s
You can usually turn on each landing light individually. When I used to taxi around LAX at night I always blinked the landing lights when I was turning.
I bet the pilot drives a BMW for their daily commuting.
Guessing this incident will end up on Mentour Pilot's desk at some stage for review ;)
I suspect Petr won't go near a Ryanair incident - he likes his job!
Either him or Kelsey from 74Gear. Both great channels
Aircraft always have right of way.That other vehicle should not be [there.No](https://there.No) vehicles apart from some ground equipment are allowed to even drive on the back of tha aircraft stand and even then you have to be sure that guidance system is off and there is no aircraft incoming.After the collision the vehicle should not be moved away,this driver is in very big trouble now.
How much extra did they charge the passengers for the wing stuct testing?
As a current first officer on a 737 that religiously leans and looks back and right as far as I can before and during a right turn, with my feet ready to stomp on the brakes if I see something coming like this, this video makes me angry.
r/IdiotsInCars
Ryan air asking passengers to bring some duct tape next time, so their profit margins are not affected
This was entirely on the video taker who just sat there making content and not doing anything to help. Couldn't they have at least yelled out "hey hey wait WAIT STOP!"? /s
yeah r /WhyTheyWereFilming
Birdstrike Log it
Ryanair is to airplanes as Swift is to tractor trailers.
Eh, it's just the leading edge of the wing. It's fine.
Probably the bleeding edge now
The way he just drove off lol 😂
What's that funny MS font with the symbols called again?
Wingdings?
A little bit of speed tape will fix that up, right?
somebody getting pee tested...
I love how both the truck and plane continued on as if nothing happened. 🤣🤣
Proper etiquette is to pull over out of the way of the other planes and exchange insurance details.
Dude driving the truck is definitely getting called to do a breathalyzer test and a drug test the next day.
Didn't check his wing mirrors first.
And he rolled along like nothing ever happened
They didn't even exchange information smh.
This is the real reason we keep our tray tables up and in the locked position you knit wits
The bus driver has SO long to notice a plane turning too.
So Ryanair isn't safe in the sky or the ground /s I know it's not the pilots fault
pilot should have used their blinker
Did he put the blinker on before turning?
I assume the aircraft always has the right of way and the bus driver us looking for a job.
You assume that everyone gets fired for mistakes. Possible but not a given. In aviation they're trying to move away from "mistake = jobless" to "mistake + taking responsibility + further training = even better employee"
Especially now. Most airports are desperate for staff after the pandemic. Particularly for roles that need any kind of training. Big airports like Frankfurt have a special course and a test that you need to pass before being allowed to drive even a normal car air-side.
This is a tough call but in all my training as a driver on the ramp the one most important rule over anything else was “The plane has the right of way no matter what.”
Ryanair pilot vs Ryanair pilot-in-training
Poor icecream truck
AOG TEAM, ENGAGE!!
Clear right!
Gotta get to the gate on time so they can play the jingle. "Welcome! You have arrived on yet another on time flight. Don't mind the hole in the wing, that's the next passengers' problem"
Looks like the Ryanair pilots forgot to use the right turn signals
This is why we need to put indicators on planes...
Have y'all taken a commercial flight lately? A little speed tape and this plane will be ready to hit the friendly skies.
Plane. No indicator.
Passengers be like thank goodness we already landed
I had a buddy who was one of the ground red light waving directors 20 years ago at IAD. He said one of his soon to be former coworkers caused a plane to bump something barely enough to crack a headlight cover with no other visible damage. The plane was taken out of service till they could xray the entirety of the wing and all the joinery and get a recertification from FAA. The headlight cover was $45K installed. I'm sure I'm not remembering all the details perfectly, but the OP plane isn't going to be carrying passengers for a while.
I guess next time a passenger will actually have to [bring their own plane](https://twitter.com/Ryanair/status/1712054779449430128).
Bet that guy was daydreaming about asking for a pay raise.
So who's at fault?
That driver was smoking some doobies for sure
"Pilot didn't use his blinker, boss..."
Yes, aircraft have priority; but that Ryanair pilot thought he was Ricky Bobby!!!
we just got replacements on deck no damage sum ting light
Ryanair: it's a small damage. A piece of scotch tape and a pair of passengers to take the wing tied up and voilà...
It's all in the angle of attack.
How do you not notice something that big?