Pilawt
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(Incident occurs 40 seconds into the video)
It almost sucked as well.That really blows. Doesn’t that make it a crash cart?
Why in the hell was the baggage train even going there in the first place?
Why in the hell was the baggage train even going there in the first place?
To the other sideWhy in the hell was the baggage train even going there in the first place?
I wonder who will get dinged on this. Dash 8 pilots couldn't have known about the cart. Can't see them getting in any trouble. Looks like it's in a non-movement area, but large airports usually have ramp controllers. Is the tug driver even talking to anyone?
Dash 8 pilots couldn't have known about the cart. Can't see them getting in any trouble. Looks like it's in a non-movement area, but large airports usually have ramp controllers. Is the tug driver even talking to anyone?
You're right that the Dash pilots aren't to blame here, but it also wasn't a non-movement area (the Dash and 737 were sitting on taxiway C). Regardless, the tug likely isn't talking to anyone - he's got special rules to give way to the airplanes and lanes to follow, but he does his thing independent of what Ground (or Ramp, if this were a ramp area) does. As Tarheel just said above - everyone usually plays nice. It was just a poor decision by the tug driver to drive behind the Dash - he might not have thought the prop wash would have been as strong as it was. Oops!
Some airports can get a little crazy with all the vehicles moving around as you're taxiing - LAX is definitely one of them. Luggage carts, catering trucks, passenger busses - it can get nuts. I used to fly with a guy that'd say, "It's like we're taxiing around in a ****ing Mad Max movie!"