US Plane Taxis into KLM 737 in AMS

[700UW]

 

AMSTERDAM Two planes have crashed this morning light against each other. When parking at the gate at Schiphol She touched the tips of each wing, said a spokeswoman for the airport. It is a unit of U.S. Airways and KLM unit

KLM plane was ready to leave for Rome, when a unit of U.S. Airways wanted parking. In addition, the aircraft would have followed. Incorrect line The clash is the "wingtip" of the KLM aircraft aborted. Passengers had left the aircraft via stairs.

The KLM aircraft with flight number 1601, had 158 passengers on board. They are overbooked on another flight. There are no injuries.

 

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

"two planes have crashed this morning light against each other... She touched the tips of each wing"...  Sometimes, Google Translate works very well, sometimes, not quite so much.  This almost sounds poetical!
 
 
I feel sorryfor the pax on the outbound flight.  And the poor AMS agents!  I wonder how long the 757 will be out of service.

 

[Kev3188]

...  [/i]Sometimes, Google Translate works very well, sometimes, not quite so much.  This almost sounds poetical!

Lol.
 
 

They are overbooked on another flight.

This one's probably universal, though...

 

[FWAAA]

That'll buff right out. 

 

[PullUp]

Looks like the yellow gate taxi lines may need to be realigned...or the wingwalkers eyesight checked.
Cheers.

 

[Jester]

Somebody (or something) screwed up bringing the plane into the gate... Let's see if I read this "poetical" press release correctly?  KLM 737 parked at gate and the US 330 came taxiing into the next gate over?  One or both planes parked or taxi on the wrong J-line maybe?  I cannot see a pilot drifting off the J-line by 5 feet or was it one of those automated Visual Docking Guidance Systems, then I hope the airport is paying for that "cost saving" move.

 

[Kev3188]

That'll buff right out.

That's right up there with "Just park it anywhere."

 

[FWAAA]

Jester:   I wasn't there but I think the US plane was a 757, not an A330.   
 
My WAG is that wing walkers weren't paying attention.    

 

[algflyr]

It was a 757

 

[700UW]

Jester, its a 757, wow, thats all I can say, it no where looks like an A330.

 

[Jester]

Jester:   I wasn't there but I think the US plane was a 757, not an A330.   
 
My WAG is that wing walkers weren't paying attention.    

 
ehhh... I was just looking at the winglets or what's left of them, but obviously, not close enough.  Regardless, somehow that plane deviated from the J-line to such a degree that it clipped wings with another parked at the next gate over.  Any chance the 757 was brought into a gate not designed for that wing span or brought into an incorrect J-line?  The majority of our PHX gates cannot handle 757s unless other adjacent gate has been cleared, and sometimes there is more than one J-line on a gate.  I think AMS does use some type of Visual Guidance Docking System, as they are rather popular in western Europe.

 

[autofixer]

It will be interesting to see if the visual docking system was out of tolerance and the ground personnel just stood there and watched the slow motion train wreck? 

 

[FWAAA]

Some speculation out there that it may have been pilot error by the US pilot:
 
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/13/planes-collide-at-schiphol/

 

[LD3]

Why do you keep referring to a J line?

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

Why do you keep referring to a J line?

When I worked ramp (granted, not long after the DC-3s were retired 🙂 ) it was called the lead-in line, not the J-line.  Not sure when that term into fashion nor why it's called that.  I does not look like the letter J.