Narrative:

Night inbound to gate on ramp. 1) lineman tried to direct us without lighted wands. Someone finally ran wands out. They worked about 5 seconds then quit. Could see clearly enough for non lighted wands from there. 2) while under lineman's direction and while aircraft moving, a company belt loader raced across the ramp between the aircraft and lineman. Brought aircraft to stop, then proceeded after loader was clear. Unsatisfactory! No one should ever cross between the lineman and aircraft, let alone at night!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NEAR GND CONFLICT BTWN A B733 AND A RAPIDLY MOVING BELT LOADER CUTTING IN FRONT OF THE ACFT AND THE MARSHALL DURING A NIGHT OP GATE ARR PROC AT FLL, FL.

Narrative: NIGHT INBOUND TO GATE ON RAMP. 1) LINEMAN TRIED TO DIRECT US WITHOUT LIGHTED WANDS. SOMEONE FINALLY RAN WANDS OUT. THEY WORKED ABOUT 5 SECONDS THEN QUIT. COULD SEE CLRLY ENOUGH FOR NON LIGHTED WANDS FROM THERE. 2) WHILE UNDER LINEMAN'S DIRECTION AND WHILE ACFT MOVING, A COMPANY BELT LOADER RACED ACROSS THE RAMP BTWN THE ACFT AND LINEMAN. BROUGHT ACFT TO STOP, THEN PROCEEDED AFTER LOADER WAS CLR. UNSATISFACTORY! NO ONE SHOULD EVER CROSS BTWN THE LINEMAN AND ACFT, LET ALONE AT NIGHT!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.