Air bridge Collapse Dublin

Door completely ripped off.

incredibly lucky no handling agents or any ground crew were injured. Or probably indeed worse, if that door or airbridge comes down on your head or neck from that height it would undoubtedly kill you. I hope for the DAAs sake the inspection and maintenance checks of that airbridge were happening as required and documented as required in the operator manual.

a high end repair cost wise…that aircraft will be out of service for a number of weeks…

repair cost.. new door, shipping of door from Seattle or wherever, installation, hangarage.

also I’d imagine by the nature of the incident the fuselage would be damaged or impacted by the door as it fell between the airbridge and the aircraft. At best a repair of the paint.

Had a look see to find what the cost is for a replacement door but that info isn’t easily available. Either way, not a good look.

These things happen. Nobody hurt thankfully. In the grand scheme of things plane will be easily fixed.

Door on the ground circled.

Yeap, that 78 is going nowhere, AA have their own aircraft engineers in Dublin from what I remember?

Seen a pic of plane being towed, plane underneath door doesn’t look damaged

I'd say that the support / steering gear for the bridge collapsed, while it was connected to the Aircraft, and took the door with it when it dropped down. That's some serious damage there, the door frame, that the door actually locks into, will have been twisted as the door ripped off, and possibly even taken part of the pillar with it. For sure, its not so simple as just a door replacement job anyway. But very strange that there's mechanical locking mechanism on them? Like on a car lift, where you can hear "Clicks" as the lift ascends, as the safety catches click in. Lucky the plane was not loading /unloading passengers at the time. I was on a plane last week, and while standing on the bridge at the door waiting to board, I remember looking at the hinges and thinking, that these doors were well and truly secured to the aircraft.

That’s by my guesstimate a 9-10 foot drop, had anybody been on that airbridge especially towards the exit they’d have ended up bouncing off the roof of it with the sudden drop.. could have been very serious head / neck injuries… anyone under it ( you are not supposed to be ) would have died… in the aftermath looks to be about a 4-5ft clearance from the ground to the bottom of the airbridge at the front there…. Ffffffûck that doesn’t bare thinking about…..anyway hopefully the investigation will bring about appropriate corrective measures and procedures and deal with any individuals locally or internationally who may be culpable. These things don’t just happen in fairness and that ain’t no easy or quick fix either, new aircraft door, and a significant air frame repair, the bigger photo confirms .. $$$$$$. Id also imagine the DAA will be financially liable for any supplemental aircraft that gets leased….or whatever expenses.

Could well be a fault of the driver of the airbridge.

They have to carefully move it into place. I could see an accident like this happening.

doesnt have to be a 788 though, 777 would do or a hire 767

There is a second AA departure to PHL tomorrow: AA9600 at 1630. Positions in as AA9782 at 0845 from DFW. B788 N876AL.

Not likely. Unless intentional.

Any idea over the weekend why there were two AA 787's parked up at the cargo lot? Saw one with the missing door (the plane involved) but no idea what the second one was doing there. This was around about 8pm.