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A ramper reported that jet blast from an adjacent gate creates an unsafe work environment for ground personnel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1570021 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
When C-30 is pushed out and proceeds to taxi away from the gate; excessive jet blast consumes C-31. The amount of throttle the pilots give the engines is unnecessary. It has become unsafe to be working C-31 on the ramp while C-30 taxis out. It is only a matter of time until someone gets injured or aircraft/equipment damage occurs. I have come up with some options to solve this issue.1: only service [medium transport] aircraft on C-30. No [large aircraft].2: halt operations at C-31 until C-30 had completely left the gate area (apron).3: extend blast fence all the way down to taxi-way zippered line (between C-30 and C-31).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A ramper reported that jet blast from an adjacent gate creates an unsafe work environment for ground personnel.
Narrative: When C-30 is pushed out and proceeds to taxi away from the gate; excessive jet blast consumes C-31. The amount of throttle the pilots give the engines is unnecessary. It has become unsafe to be working C-31 on the ramp while C-30 taxis out. It is only a matter of time until someone gets injured or aircraft/equipment damage occurs. I have come up with some options to solve this issue.1: Only service [medium transport] aircraft on C-30. No [large aircraft].2: Halt operations at C-31 until C-30 had completely left the gate area (apron).3: Extend blast fence all the way down to taxi-way zippered line (between C-30 and C-31).
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.