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I could be mistaken, but I think the following are also possible: (a) While crossing the threshold, head trauma from the bar(s) that support the flexible ceili
by CoastalCoder 3y ago
I could be mistaken, but I think the following are also possible:
(a) While crossing the threshold, head trauma from the bar(s) that support the flexible ceiling of the bridge.
(b) While crossing the threshold, pinned and crushed by that bar. I.e., half of their body is inside the plane, the other half is holding up the bridge via that bar.
(c) While crossing the threshold, a parent carrying a baby. Baby is ripped out of parent's arms, and falls 6-8 feet to the ground. Possibly head first.
All are horrifying possibilities, which I don't believe would be fully remediated by post-incident insurance or maintenance.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoThis is all under the assumption that this was a sudden collapse while the jet-bridge was fully loaded with people. If the system just lost hydraulic pressure slowly during a non-loading time, its entirely possible that it took quite a while to collapse, and no one was near enough to do anything. The forces would be high, but there would be ample time for a human to move.
- ciabattabread 3y ago[flagged]
- wongarsu 3y agoI think there's a big difference between asserting that a very deadly event should have been less deadly, and arguing that an event where nobody was hurt in fact was fairly harmless and was unlikely to seriously hurt or kill anyone.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoAll I said was that rapid catastrophic failure is necessary for any of the injury mechanisms mentioned. Why the snarky comment?