YLW Incident

Longtimer · Post by **Longtimer** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:23 pm

Rumour has Westjet and Jazz aircraft involved in a fender bender this morning at YLW. Any fact to that?

CV 580 Driver · Post by **CV 580 Driver** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:10 pm

Departing CYLW last night as we were taxing for Rwy 16 Westjet was just about to do the same. Westjet's wing tip scrapped the left tip of the horizontal stabilizer on the R.J. and knocked off the static wick and obviously damaged the tip. I am told Westjet was able to depart later however when I returned to CYLW this morning the R.J was on Kelowna Flightcraft's ramp being repaired. Could of been much worse.

bandit1 · Post by **bandit1** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:15 pm

shit happens and it's nice to hear ''it could have been alot worse''

Nice to hear the story coming from the source. This way, maybe alot of us will take a little more care on the ground to avoid such incidents. It can happen.

twinpratts · Post by **twinpratts** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:59 pm

Here's how we can avoid it next time...
Installing a .50 on the roof, and a couple of rockets in the hold

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2low · Post by **2low** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:15 pm

twinpratts wrote:Here's how we can avoid it next time...
Installing a .50 on the roof, and a couple of rockets in the hold .

Exactly.....thoes RJ's are good for nuttin but target practice.

bcflyer · Post by **bcflyer** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:31 am

Actually the 200's and 705's aren't that bad to fly. The 100's are a totally different story.....

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:21 pm

Does anyone here think that the YLW ramp is a little on the tight side. Some times I think I should bring some KY to squeeze out of there. (Although it's normally used to sqeeze things in rather than out

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matrix · Post by **matrix** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:31 pm

Does anyone here think that the YLW ramp is a little on the tight side. Some times I think I should bring some KY to squeeze out of there.

Yeah, one day when I was workin on the ramp in YLW, the capt of the A319 we were handling refused to turn because a 737 was on the next gate. I told him no no problem, we'd wait. Took about a 15 minute delay. Afterwards, I passed this info along to the airport authority and was met with arrogance. The guy seemed appalled that a captain and ramp agent had concerns with how close the gates are.

YWG gearcleaner · Post by **YWG gearcleaner** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:41 pm

bandit1 wrote:

shit happens and it's nice to hear ''it could have been alot worse''

I totally agree with you. God forbit Cat Driver reads this, as he thing shit cannot happen.

Accidents happen, and people learn, but very unfortunate regardless

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:47 pm

Maybe the FOs were taxiing?

Torn · Post by **Torn** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:18 pm

Maybe the FOs were taxiing?

Shut up

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:20 pm

YWG gearcleaner wrote:bandit1 wrote:

shit happens and it's nice to hear ''it could have been alot worse''
I totally agree with you. God forbit Cat Driver reads this, as he thing shit cannot happen.

Accidents happen, and people learn, but very unfortunate regardless

"Shit," ALWAYS has a reason for happening, some reasons are more acceptable than others, but there is always a reason.

STL

twotter · Post by **twotter** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:25 pm

YWG gearcleaner wrote:bandit1 wrote:

shit happens and it's nice to hear ''it could have been alot worse''
I totally agree with you. God forbit Cat Driver reads this, as he thing shit cannot happen.

Accidents happen, and people learn, but very unfortunate regardless

God forbid that you actually learn to type good enough to say what you mean..

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:56 pm

Yeah, one day when I was workin on the ramp in YLW, the capt of the A319 we were handling refused to turn because a 737 was on the next gate. I told him no no problem, we'd wait. Took about a 15 minute delay. Afterwards, I passed this info along to the airport authority and was met with arrogance. The guy seemed appalled that a captain and ramp agent had concerns with how close the gates are.

You know, the attitude displayed when issues are raised sometimes worries me. I always breathe a sigh of relief when I exit that ramp because of how tight it is and obviously the 319 skipper agrees with me.

Good on ya' for bringing it to the attention of the airport authority. Hopefully this incident makes 'em eat crow.