Awareness Training Ramp

Safety

The national airline of the Maldives

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Welcome to your guide to ramp safety

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Table of Contents

Authority to Drive AirsideMovement area, maneuvering area and

apron areaSpeed limitsRight of waySafetyWeather conditionsMarkings

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Authority to Drive Airside

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Movement area, maneuvering area and apron are

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Surface Area Definitions

Movement area (all of below)

Maneuvering area

(taxiways and runway)

Apron (close-in taxiing and

parking of aircraft)

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Maneuvering Area

It is forbidden to drive on the maneuvering area (runway and taxiways)

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Speed Limits

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Speed Limits

The speed should never

exceed that warranted by

the circumstances

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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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Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights

Fire brigadePoliceAmbulances

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Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lightsPassenger buses

with passengers on board

Follow-me vehicles

Sweeping vehicles

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Jet blast

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INTAKE (Suction): avoid approaching closer than 15 meters

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Jet blast: Allow 2 aircraft lengths behind aircraft

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Invisible Danger

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Running Engines

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ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS SWITCHED ON INDICATE:

= Engines running or imminent start-up = Imminent push-back

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TAXI LIGHTS (HEADLIGHTS) SWITCHED ON INDICATE:

= Moving aircraft

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Propellers

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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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Follow-me Vehicles

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It is strictly forbidden to cross between a follow-me vehicle and the aircraft being marshaled behind it

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It is strictly forbidden to cross between a follow-me vehicle and the aircraft being marshaled behind it

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Smoking

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It is strictly forbidden to smoke both inside of and outside of a vehicle

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Alcohol and Drugs

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Alcohol and Drugs

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Hooked (and pulled) equipment

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Do not exceed a train length of 10 units

Load carts and dollies properly and tie down the load

Keep on eye the load

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Weather Conditions

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If surface becomes wet, reduce speed and brake gently

Turn on the low beam headlights:- at night-under poor visibility conditions

The use of dipped or full beam headlights is forbidden

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Ramp Markings

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Stand numbersAircraft taxi lines

Vehicle routes

Vehicle route crossing aircraft taxi routes

Vehicle routes

Vehicle routes

Pedestrian crossing

Yield

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STOP

STRIP (for aircraft)

Jetty maneuvering area

Aircraft safety envelope

Fuel

Aircraft energy source

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Thank you for your attention