Last week, as American Airlines flight 47 from London to Chicago taxied to its gate, the Boeing 787 ingested a cargo container into its right engine. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries.
Close-up of the damage to the #2 engine. A passenger on the aircraft says that the crew informed them that someone drove between two planes taxiing and the jetblast of the first aircraft blew the containers towards #AAL47 and one was ingested. pic.twitter.com/zW5bpLM4lE
— Windy City Wheelman (@WindyCityDriver) October 17, 2024
According to aviation watchdog JonNYC, it just happened again. On Monday, JetBlue flight 811 from Boston to Chicago O’Hare ingested something into its engine at O’Hare airport’s exact same intersection.
Wait— seriously??!!
“I can confirm B6 injested something, same intersection for the ground traffic as AA47.”
— JonNYC (@xJonNYC) October 22, 2024
.@JetBlue flight surrounded by emergency vehicles at @fly2ohare @nbcchicago @WGNNews @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/tIK99zaBBO
— Ross Bennett (@Ross_MBennett) October 22, 2024
As JonNYC passes along, “same tug road between term 5 and term 3…the drivers are a little aggressive.”
If mimicry and mockery is the highest form of flattery, you’ve got an admirer on FT by the handle of GLSucks. GLSucks will probably be asked to change handle or be disappeared. Just letting you know before GLSucks bites the dust like the Pelosi with 7 drinks piece. 😀
The pavement at ORD is so broken up that I can easily imagine a tug hitting a pothole and disconnecting a cart. It’s probably the worst airport in the US for surface condition
Union tug drivers…whoever it is will probably get promoted. Definitely not getting fired.
That is a poorly designed road that has too much traffic. You can’t expect to get that much work done in little time but share the same road.