here is what ours looked like...
Posted on 12/27/2005 6:34:42 PM PST by paulat
Hole found in Alaska plane
05:30 PM PST on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 KING5.com
Investigators: Problems spike after ramp work outsourced
SEATTLE – An Alaska Airlines plane was forced to return to Seattle Monday after a gash in the plane’s fuselage caused the aircraft to lose pressurization.
The incident began when a ramp worker hit the plane with a baggage cart or baggage belt machine, according to National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Jim Struhsaker.
The accident created a crease in the skin of the plane which opened up into a hole when the pressure on the plane changed at 26,000 feet.
The employee told the agency that although the vehicle had touched the plane, he was not aware that he had dented it.
“At that time in the driving rain it did not appear to be significant to him,” Stuhsaker said.
According to Alaska Airlines and accounts provided to KING 5 News by passengers, flight 536 took off from Sea-Tac at 3:50 p.m., bound for Burbank, Calif.
Alaska Airlines flight 536 was forced to return to Sea-Tac Monday after it lost cabin pressure. Passenger Jeremy Hermanns took this snapshot of the scene after the oxygen masks had dropped down.
About 10 or 20 minutes into the flight, there was a loud noise and the cabin lost pressure. The plane then descended rapidly before returning to Sea-Tac, said Caroline Boren, a spokeswoman for Alaska Airlines.
Passenger accounts of the incident paint a scary picture.
“I could feel that obviously my ears popping and that's not a good symbol and that didn't go away and then it got hard to breathe and then whoosh all the compression in the plane was lost. We totally decompressed,” said passenger Jeremy Hermanns.
He said everyone on board scrambled to get their masks on and then the engine noise became very loud.
“We knew that something was going on … it was definitely frightening. It wasn't something I wanted to do again,” he said.
Jeremy Hermanns shot this image of himself with his oxygen mask on after the plane he was on lost cabin pressure.
Hermann’s believes, nevertheless that the crew handled the situation well.
“I'm just very glad that the pilots and the crew and everybody handled it so well,” he said.
Thank you, from a prior AA Ramp Ape
I worked with a few English speaking "no-loads" too :p...
You can tell them hundreds of times how to drive a tug to the mailroom, but they just don't grasp it...so I let them handle the LAV cart :)
That is what the problem is...
Blue Room => Lav Cart?
here is what ours looked like...
But, the stuff in the blue room ends up in the lav cart, right?
uh, huh... Big hose, little hose, 2 t-handles and a push of a button and voila... dump and pump :)
I hated dumping the cart when it got full..
I could imagine.
that's when I could delegate my authority and send a newbie to do it :)
I was after all, the most senior and Lead, so, that made me King....
And you "speaka Anglish"!
samatta ju...I speak engrish rearry good.. "Son of Beetch and Sheet"...
You are wrong about that. I am accountable to a higher authority and while I might be afraid of job repercussions, mistakes do happen. I don't want to go to bed at night knowing that lives were lost due to my negligence. I trust in God for all things and He could find me a new job.
Ok, then you are out of the ordinary, as am I. Because of what I know, I could not in good faith let that jet back out with a crease in the skin... I would have to confess to it and cause a delay or cancellation. I also hold professional licenses that I would be at risk of losing and being barred from working on AC.
There is a scripture verse that says (paraphrased) "he who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys."
My husband used to work with a notorious slacker in a very dangerous job. The guy was pretty religious (a JW) and always proselytizing. I told my hubby to give him that verse to chew on.
I learned a long time ago it's best to be honest about mistakes made. Ordinarily, people will respect you for it. It can backfire but I'd rather take the high road. Glad to hear you believe the same.
Happy NEW YEAR!!!!!
They also seem to daydream more...
That's pretty funny.
Not too funny when you have to try to wake them up while they are wingwalking on a powerback...
What is a powerback?
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