Parking-brake Slip Caused United 747 Ground Incident
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Credit: Melbourne International Airport
A United Airlines Boeing 747-400 crept forward 4 sec. after coming to a stop at its gate , causing its left wing to clip an aerobridge at Australia’s Melbourne International Airport on April 22, 2013, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) probe found. The likely cause: an inadvertent...
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