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November–December 1997
Miscommunication Leads to Three Fatalities During Ground Deicing of Aircraft 6 pages. [PDF 148K]
One deicing vehicle was parked on each side of the Boeing 747’s fuselage and forward of its horizontal stabilizers. The vehicles’ operator buckets were extended on telescoping booms 15 meters (49 feet) above the ground when the aircraft taxied forward into the booms and overturned the vehicles. Three members of the deicing crew were killed when they were thrown from the buckets.
