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A ramp worker observed jet blast from a widebody transport blow over luggage carts on to the beltloader.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1607180 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
An extremely dangerous situation occurred at gate at ord. There is a known elevated jet blast hazard at multiple gates at ord that is created when a widebody transport is dispatched from [this] gate. This creates a very bad and potentially life threatening situation. [There are numerous gates affected by this jet blast]. A [ramp agent] has a string of 3 carts and has just pulled up to the second cart to resume offloading cargo when jet blast from the dispatched widebody at [this] gate blows over the second and third carts in the string. The second cart ends up on top of the belt loader which could have inflicted severe or fatal injuries to [ramp agents] working the aircraft. This needs to be addressed before something bad happens.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Ramp Worker observed jet blast from a Widebody Transport blow over luggage carts on to the beltloader.
Narrative: An extremely dangerous situation occurred at gate at ORD. There is a known elevated jet blast hazard at multiple gates at ORD that is created when a Widebody Transport is dispatched from [this] gate. This creates a very bad and potentially life threatening situation. [There are numerous gates affected by this jet blast]. A [Ramp Agent] has a string of 3 carts and has just pulled up to the second cart to resume offloading cargo when jet blast from the dispatched Widebody at [this] gate blows over the second and third carts in the string. The second cart ends up on top of the belt loader which could have inflicted severe or fatal injuries to [Ramp Agents] working the aircraft. This needs to be addressed before something bad happens.
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.