Narrative:

I was marshalling an airbus A320 to a remote parking facility due to a mechanical issue taking up gate space. The flight crew agreed to taxi the aircraft from the gate to the north apron to avoid having to reposition the aircraft under tow. Due the extreme weather conditions; the entire ramp was covered in a sheet of ice. Due to the weather conditions; heavy ice and snow; the aircraft was unable to park in spot X so the city gave us spot Y instead. The north apron does not have a safety envelop or aircraft type markings. It is simply a lead off line. As the aircraft was being marshalled in; the aircraft was moving at a very slow pace/walking pace. As I gave him the sign to stop; the aircraft slid into the power {cart] and pushed [it] into a large embankment of snow. The pilot upon realizing the situation hit the [thrust reversers] to go backwards. Ice and snow; parking chock; and a power unit was pulled into the engine at that time. We were forced to jump out of the way to avoid major injuries or even death; a scary situation.

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Title: Ramp Agent reported an A320 slid into a snow bank while being marshalled to an icy parking spot. The flight crew applied reverse thrust which caused ice; snow; and debris to be pulled into the engine.

Narrative: I was marshalling an Airbus A320 to a remote parking facility due to a mechanical issue taking up gate space. The flight crew agreed to taxi the aircraft from the gate to the north apron to avoid having to reposition the aircraft under tow. Due the extreme weather conditions; the entire ramp was covered in a sheet of ice. Due to the weather conditions; heavy ice and snow; the aircraft was unable to park in spot X so the city gave us spot Y instead. The north apron does not have a safety envelop or aircraft type markings. It is simply a lead off line. As the aircraft was being marshalled in; the aircraft was moving at a very slow pace/walking pace. As I gave him the sign to stop; the aircraft slid into the power {cart] and pushed [it] into a large embankment of snow. The pilot upon realizing the situation hit the [thrust reversers] to go backwards. Ice and snow; parking chock; and a power unit was pulled into the engine at that time. We were forced to jump out of the way to avoid major injuries or even death; a scary situation.

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.