Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 5 August 1981
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63
Owner/operator: SAS
Registration Number: SE-DBL
Location: Amman –
ÿ Jordan
Phase of Flight: Standing
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 182
Component Affected: Aircraft stairwayAircraft stairway
Category: Accident
A station manager fell to the apron while exiting an aircraft due to a fall from the moving stairway.A station manager fell to the apron while exiting an aircraft due to a fall from the moving stairway.
Description
The station manager was standing on the platform of the movable stairway. He reentered the aircraft and the driver of the stairway began to move it from the a/c. The station manager stepped back to leave the aircraft and fell to the apron sustaining fatal injuries
Primary Cause
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