Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 16 November 2017
Aircraft Type: Embraer ERJ-170LR
Owner/operator: HOP!, opf Air France
Registration Number: F-HBXO
Location: Toulouse?Blagnac Airport (TLS/LFBO) – ÿ France
Phase of Flight: Standing
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft staircaseAircraft staircase
Investigating Agency: BEABEA
Category: Accident
A flight from Nantes arrived at the terminal and was parked off. A mobile staircase was positioned at the front left door, and passengers disembarked. A passenger lost her balance and fell onto the staircase platform, resulting in an injury. Firefighters assessed the passenger and suspected a broken ankle, requesting assistance from the terminal’s first aid station. The firefighters immobilized the passenger’s leg with a splint and contacted EMS for transport to a hospital, anticipating a two-to-three-hour delay. The passenger was transferred to the airport terminal, with her companion agreeing to take her to the hospital. She subsequently received diagnoses of fractures of both malleoli and tibia at the hospital.A flight from Nantes arrived at the terminal and was parked off. A mobile staircase was positioned at the front left door, and passengers disembarked. A passenger lost her balance and fell onto the staircase platform, resulting in an injury. Firefighters assessed the passenger and suspected a broken ankle, requesting assistance from the terminal’s first aid station. The firefighters immobilized the passenger’s leg with a splint and contacted EMS for transport to a hospital, anticipating a two-to-three-hour delay. The passenger was transferred to the airport terminal, with her companion agreeing to take her to the hospital. She subsequently received diagnoses of fractures of both malleoli and tibia at the hospital.

Description

Upon arrival of a flight from Nantes, the aircraft was parked off the terminal. A mobile staircase was positioned at the front left door of the aircraft, and the first passengers disembarked. A passenger lost her balance as she exited the aircraft and fell onto the staircase platform, injuring herself. The first aid post in the terminal was informed of the accident and asked the ARFF firemen to intervene. Once on site, the firefighters thought that the passenger might have a broken ankle. They asked the first aid station in the terminal to send the first aid vehicle (FAPV) to transport the passenger to the terminal. The firefighters immobilized the passenger’s leg with a splint. They call the EMS to transport the passenger to a hospital, but are informed that it will be two to three hours before an ambulance was available. The passenger was then transferred to the airport terminal. Because of the delay in the arrival of the ambulance, she agreed to be taken to the hospital by her companion who was present. She was later diagnosed with fractures of both malleoli and the tibia at the hospital.

Source of Information

https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-embraer-erj170-registered-f-hbxo-and-operated-by-hop-on-16-11-2017-at-toulouse-blagnac-31/https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-embraer-erj170-registered-f-hbxo-and-operated-by-hop-on-16-11-2017-at-toulouse-blagnac-31/

Primary Cause

Passenger fall onto staircase platformPassenger fall onto staircase platform

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