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Your guide to ramp safety
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1 Table of contents Ramp driving permit
Movement area, manoeuvring area, apron Speed limits Right of way Safety Weather conditions Markings
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Ramp driving permit and surface area definitions
2 Ramp driving permit and surface area definitions 1 Movement area (all of below) 2 Manoeuvring area (taxiways and runway) 3 Apron (close-in taxiing and parking of aircraft)
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3 forbidden Manoeuvring area
It is forbidden to drive on the manoeuvring area (runway and taxiways) forbidden
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3 Manoeuvring area
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4 Speed limits Generally Near aircraft
On the inside belt road around the airport The speed should never exceed that warranted by the circumstances
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Vehicles must either stop for or yield to:
5 Vehicles must either stop for or yield to: Moving aircraft: - Being pushed back - Being towed - Moving under their own power Boarding or disembarking passengers Passenger buses with passengers on board Follow-me vehicles on a mission
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Vehicles must either stop for or yield to:
5 Vehicles must either stop for or yield to:
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Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights
6 Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights Fire brigade Police Ambulances
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Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights
6 Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights Passenger buses with passengers on board Follow-me vehicles Sweeping vehicles Snow plows and snow removal vehicles
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Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights
6 Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights
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7 Jet blast Never enter the intake or blast areas
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7 Jet blast INTAKE (suction): avoid approaching closer than 15 meters
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7 Jet blast Jet blast: allow 2 aircraft lengths behind aircraft
Danger, stand 19 is used for run-ups
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7 Jet blast
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7 Jet blast
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8 Running engines ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS SWITCHED ON INDICATE: = Engines running or imminent start-up = Imminent push-back
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8 Running engines TAXI LIGHTS (HEADLIGHTS) SWITCHED ON INDICATE: = Moving aircraft
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9 Propellers Rotating propellers are barely visible
Rotating propellers can be silent especially after engine shut-down Always wait for the propellers to come to a complete stop Even at a standstill, propellers can be dangerous or easily damaged and one should keep his distance from them
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10 Follow-me vehicles It is strictly forbidden to cross between a follow-me vehicle and the aircraft being marshalled behind it
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10 Follow-me vehicles
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11 Smoking It is strictly forbidden to smoke both inside of and outside of a vehicle
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12 Alcohol 0,8 / 0,0
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Hooked (and pulled) equipment
13 Hooked (and pulled) equipment Do not exceed a train length of 10 units
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Hooked (and pulled) equipment
13 Hooked (and pulled) equipment Load carts and dollies properly and tie down the load
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Hooked (and pulled) equipment
13 Hooked (and pulled) equipment Keep on eye the load
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Hooked (and pulled) equipment
13 Hooked (and pulled) equipment Slow down if end of train begins to zigzag
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Hooked (and pulled) equipment
13 Hooked (and pulled) equipment
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14 Weather conditions If surface becomes wet, reduce speed and brake gently
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14 Weather conditions Turn on the low beam headlights: - at night - under poor visibility conditions
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14 Weather conditions The use of dipped or full beam headlights is forbidden
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15 Ramp markings Stand numbers Aircraft taxi lines Vehicle routes
Vehicle route crossing aircraft taxi routes Pedestrian crossing Yield
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15 Ramp markings STOP STRIP (for aircraft) Jetty manoeuvring area
Aircraft safety envelope Fuel Aircraft energy source
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