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Ramp Accidents and Serious Incidents
The Ramp environment can be considered as distinct from the rest of the aerodrome environment as the com‑
panies involved in ground handling operations are often contracted by the aircraft operator rather than the
aerodrome itself. Ramp events are those that occur during or as a result of Ground Handling operations. Exam‑
ples of this type of occurrence include but are not limited to Loading, Pushback, Refuelling or De‑icing errors.
The number of Ramp accidents and serious incidents is shown in Figure 51. The most common types of Ramp ac‑
cidents and serious incidents involve collisions with aircraft that are either parked or being towed,with ground
objects, and with operational vehicles and or equipment. Two of the ramp accidents included in this chapter
were fatal. One resulted in a baggage handler being killed while loading an aircraft, while the other fatality
occurred when a service vehicle collided with the wingtip of an aeroplane, killing the driver. Both of these acci‑
dents occurred in 2012.
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Figure 51:
Number of ramp accidents per year at EASA MS aerodromes, 2010-2014
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