Lufthansa A343's door ripped off as jet bridge collapses

[Yusoff 1]

From AVHerald:

 

Lufthansa A343 at Denver on Jul 16th 2008, door ripped off as jet bridge collapses

By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Jul 21st 2008 07:04Z, last updated Monday, Jul 21st 2008 07:08Z

 

A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIGT performing flight LH481 from Denver,CO (USA) to Munich (Germany) with 204 passengers, had just completed boarding, when the jet bridge at the left door #1 inexplicably lowered and ripped the entire door off the airplane.

 

The flight had to be cancelled and passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

 

The airplane is still undergoing repairs in Denver.

 

Photo by Francisco Undiks

[Pieter C. 5]

Not the 1st time, doors are ripped-off aircraft

 

Can remember one at KLIA (last year ?)...

[Loh Wilson 0]

Not the 1st time, doors are ripped-off aircraft

 

Can remember one at KLIA (last year ?)...

 

I believe BKI had the similar accident months ago.

[Kenneth T 0]

I believe BKI had the similar accident months ago.

 

Which airline is that? What aircraft instead?

[Aiman 0]

refer 2 MH...they only used bridge at BKI..

Edited July 21, 2008 by Aiman

[MIR 2]

Is it at BKI or KUL? I found a picture of MKE's door ripped off..but i think the picture is at KLIA..

 

9M-MKE

Edited July 21, 2008 by MIR

[Walter Sim 1]

From what i heard, the aerobridge collapsed at BKI too, a 737 was involved AFAIK.

 

I might be wrong though

Edited July 21, 2008 by Walter Sim

[Simon 3]

How can this happened?

[Ignatius 4]

Why it happen? Aerobridge didnt eat.. lemah.. so collapse on duty haha.. jk jk

[Cornelis Boersma 0]

Wasn't it something with the door of KLM's Fox Bravo in KUL last year?

[FK Wong 0]

Twice i stood on the aerobridge in KK with two separate occasions and the aerobridge did kinda jerk twice while i was standing on it.