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Chicago Midway: 737s... Blowin' In The Wind

OK... Just HOW Much Wind Does It Take To Blow Around A Boeing?
Face it... you should never just leave your airplane sitting around without it being tied down -- in most cases. But... a Boeing 737?



IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 321TZ Make/Model: B737 Description: 737
Date: 12/23/2007 Time: 0948
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: CHICAGO State: IL Country: US

DESCRIPTION
N321TZ, AMERICAN TRANS AIR, A BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT, WHILE PARKED AT THE GATE OVERNIGHT, WAS BLOWN INTO A BELT LOADER, NOSE GEAR DOOR DAMAGED, NO PERSONS ON BOARD, MIDWAY AIRPORT, CHICAGO, IL

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT REPORTED
OTHER DATA
Activity: Business Phase: Standing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: WEST CHICAGO, IL (GL03) Entry date: 12/26/2007

If only that pilot had taken a few minutes to gather a couple hundred pounds of rocks for a field tie-down...

Hammer wrote:If only that pilot had taken a few minutes to gather a couple hundred pounds of rocks for a field tie-down...

You read my mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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