A ground service provider in Singapore has set speed limits for its towing tractors when moving aircraft, following an incident where a SilkAir Boeing 737-800 was damaged during a pull forward by such ...
One of the ways in which aviation operators are supporting a green future is by switching to hybrid or all-electric vehicles for ground operations at airports. Lufthansa Leos, the Lufthansa Group ...
PHOTO: TV footage screenshot of the American Airlines plane that was hit by a tug. Officials continue to investigate how a pushback tractor, or tug, at Baltimore-Washington International Airport ...
Remote control tugs aren't just a shut-up-and-take-my-money cool gadget. They actually solve the problem of towing an aircraft in and out of the hangar by hand using a tow bar, or with some other form ...
Lufthansa ground handling specialist LEOS has added the second Phoenix E all-electric aircraft tractor from German manufacturer Goldhofer to its fleet of tow tractors. The two purely battery-electric ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) lost a F/A-18E Super Hornet and a tow tractor Monday, as the aircraft carrier was operated in the Red Sea. Sailors were towing the ...
In the ATS system, the aircraft nosegear sits on a tow dolly on an electric pull car that rides a monorail through a below-ground channel. Credit: Aircraft Towing Systems World Wide Late in 2020, ...
Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Isaac Esposito Working on an aircraft carrier is perhaps the most dangerous thing somebody can do in our day and age. No matter the role one has ...
A driverless shuttle bus hit an aircraft tow tractor inside a restricted zone at Hong Kong airport on Tuesday, marking the second collision involving the unmanned vehicles in two months. The accident, ...