Plane has landed but unable to deplane due to storm, anyone know why this would happen?

[Jonathan Wilson]

I have a family member who flew PER-BNE and reported that the plane landed
but they weren't able to get off due to a big storm. Why would this happen?
Being PER-BNE, logic says its going to pull up to an aerobridge so why
wouldn't they be able to deplane?

[Sp3]

I certainly wouldn't want to be wandering around the apron marshalling
aircraft etc, as ground staff, in the middle of a (thunder???) storm.
Cheers

[Stealth Pilot]

because the aerobridges were all full of aircraft unable to depart?

[Tudor5]

Its happened to us a few times
always on a 767 .

Must be some limit on winds when opening
the doors and cargo doors . However no aero bridges were involved.
At airports where air stairs had to be wheeled to the aircraft .

Some of the heavy drivers may be able to assist as to the reason why

[Stephen James]

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:59:52 +0900, Jonathan Wilson
<jfw...@tpgi.com.au> wrote:

AFAIK when BOM observe lightening strikes within 10kms of an airport
airport/union policy is that no airport personnel will be on the
tarmac.

Stealth, as usual, makes a good point, perhaps there were no
aerobridges (already in use by delayed aircraft) available because of
the above.

Regards
Stephen

[Rob]

Happened on Oct 2 in Sydney, storm, lightening and the ramps were cleared.

Remember the Viscount that departed SYD in a thunderstorm, just as an
example.

[JB]

It's because the staff are ordered off the tarmac when lightning is
observed nearby. Aircraft will come to a stop just off the gate, and
everybody has to wait until the lightning is gone.

Your reference re the 767 is just coincidence.

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[David Lesher]

bXJkZXV4QGludGVybm9kZS5vbi5uZXQ=@aviationusenet.com (JB) writes:

>It's because the staff are ordered off the tarmac when lightning is
>observed nearby. Aircraft will come to a stop just off the gate, and
>everybody has to wait until the lightning is gone.

>Your reference re the 767 is just coincidence.

I'm aware of at least one case where a ground worker was killed. He was
wearing a headset plugged into the external intercom jack near the nose,
and a strike hit nearby [can't say it hit that a/c's tail directly..].
Enough charge passed through the cable and him [wet shoes, wet ramp..]
to kill him. This was ~2-3 decades back at CLE.

My memory was it was not the first such death.

I don't know what the rules are if the a/c is already at the gate
and grounded (at least via the shore power plug) before the storm
arrives. But having one foot on the jetway and one on the door frame
would be enough to make your seat available for that standby passenger.

BTW: Today's it's possible that a nearby automagic defibrillator might
have saved him but doubtful. Electrocution kills you 2+ ways: heart
inop, and internal burning of tissue that then chokes your kidneys with
the runoff. If you survive the first, they'll FLOOD you with multiple
saline IV's so you're pissing nonstop, to keep flushing it out. [A friend
went through this...]
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[Tudor5]

On Oct 27, 7:45 pm,

Thank you John for the clarification .Although in one instance
Hobart no lightning was observed although clouds over were the
mountain a few miles away
and the winds were extreme (as in rocking the hull as we sat on
board )

But glad that such a procedure is in place as lightning scare the
heck out of me
having seen what it can do when it earths through a person or cattle &
horses .

One poor old dobbin got zapped because sheltering with her bum
against the tree
that got struck ---------- UNLUCKY ! She was VERY dead .