Boom Collapsed On A330

[pit_needs_help]

A/c 677 had a deice boom fall onto the wing. Still in deice area awaiting crane removal. No deice operations going thru boom areas waiting for trucks.

 

[airbiiguy]

oh no. how bad is the damage?

 

[FM2436]

A/c 677 had a deice boom fall onto the wing. Still in deice area awaiting crane removal. No deice operations going thru boom areas waiting for trucks.

[post="251679"][/post]​

Did this happen in PHL? May explain some of the weather related delays PHL continues to be taking.

 

[usairways_vote_NO]

oh no. how bad is the damage?

[post="251690"][/post]​

To the aircraft I would think not as bad as to the airline itself.

Wonder who was maintaining the deice truck if if it was mechanical problem.

Wonder who was driving the truck and/or boom if it was operator error.
I would think the probability it was the weathers fault is low.

Good thing the airline is farming out everything to save all this money huh 320.

 

[pit_needs_help]

Damage to the wing and it is PHL. The boom broke at the pivot point I heard and the operater was throw thru the glass as it hit. He is injured and the crane has still has not arrived to remove.

 

[delldude]

Damage to the wing and it is PHL. The boom broke at the pivot point I heard and the operater was throw thru the glass as it hit. He is injured and the crane has still has not arrived to remove.

[post="251699"][/post]​

my my ....crime scene now.... :down:

 

[aafsc]

my my ....crime scene now.... :down:

[post="251701"][/post]​

I hope that the operator is not seriously injured.

 

[airbiiguy]

is it one of the fixed deicers? or deicer trucks? I know the trucks they use in some station are 20+ years old.

 

[pit_needs_help]

The fixed booms and they are all awaiting inspection before use.

 

[usairways_vote_NO]

Damage to the wing and it is PHL. The boom broke at the pivot point I heard and the operater was throw thru the glass as it hit. He is injured and the crane has still has not arrived to remove.

[post="251699"][/post]​

Sounds like it may have been overstressed somehow? hmm fixed boom

Sorry to hear was it a USAirways employee and USAirways maintained fixed boom?

 

[delldude]

I hope that the operator is not seriously injured.

[post="251702"][/post]​

doesn't sound very good.....
in PIT a while back de-ice was farmed out and these two youngsters were racing across the ramp in a pair of brandy new deice trucks and during their roadrace one neglected to notice a big yellow pipe sticking up protecting a fire hydrant and he hit it head on at around 30 mph.....he too was quite injured.....

 

[Dizel8]

As others said, I hope the operator will recover fully.

While pretty, it is just an airplane and it can be fixed.

 

[usairways_vote_NO]

While pretty, it is just an airplane and it can be fixed.

[post="251713"][/post]​

True or replaced

 

[airbiiguy]

can anyone get some pics?

 

[delldude]

ed rendell to introduce legislation requiring seat belts in all deice gantry's......