Incident Overview
Description
A DHC-8-400 belonging to Aerocontractors Nigeria was parked on the ramp at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed Airport, Nigeria. As passengers were boarding the aircraft, a baggage loader vehicle rammed through the pressurized area of the lower fuselage section of the cargo compartment on the port side of the aircraft, damaging its skin, stringers and the baggage loader vehicle. The vehicle stopped at a distance of about 110 ft from the incident aircraft. The personnel who drove the baggage loader sustained serious injuries from the impact resulting in the loss of consciousness. Causal Factor: The NAHCO personnel who operated the baggage loader vehicle was neither employed to operate the vehicle, nor was he authorized to do so. Contributory Factor: 1. The rostered driver of the baggage loader vehicle was not available at the time of the occurrence. 2. The non-adherence to NAHCO Safe Operating Procedures by the Ramp manager.
Primary Cause
Failure to properly authorize and operate a baggage loader vehicle by a personnel, leading to a lack of operational control and resulting in the vehicle striking the aircraft.Failure to properly authorize and operate a baggage loader vehicle by a personnel, leading to a lack of operational control and resulting in the vehicle striking the aircraft.Share on:
