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Air carrier ground personnel reported safety concerns regarding location of ground equipment outside gate area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1700936 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201911 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
After noticing on the smart load the bags were moved from pit 3 to pit 4; I also noticed the flight was not showing returned to the block. So I called the operations agent to verify that the aircraft was returned to block and she confirmed it was not; stating that the ramp was out in the alley - taxiway - moving the bags. This is in my opinion a safety concern - approaching the aircraft with ground equipment; other than push tractor; outside the gate envelope; is unsafe for a numbers of reasons: engine shut down; wheels chocked; fire extinguishers; traffic; etc.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Ground Personnel reported safety concerns regarding location of ground equipment outside gate area.
Narrative: After noticing on the smart load the bags were moved from pit 3 to pit 4; I also noticed the flight was not showing returned to the block. So I called the Operations Agent to verify that the aircraft was returned to block and she confirmed it was not; stating that the Ramp was out in the alley - taxiway - moving the bags. This is in my opinion a safety concern - approaching the aircraft with ground equipment; other than push tractor; outside the gate envelope; is unsafe for a numbers of reasons: engine shut down; wheels chocked; fire extinguishers; traffic; etc.
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.