Williamtown plane taxis with worker attached to nose

By Matt O'Sullivan
Updated May 26 2017 - 3:45pm, first published 3:06pm
SERIOUS: The captain "reported their their most important lesson was distraction management" after the dispatcher at Newcastle Airport observed the taxi lights for [the Jetstar A320] illuminate, engine noise increased and the aircraft started to taxi. Photo: Brock Perks
SERIOUS: The captain "reported their their most important lesson was distraction management" after the dispatcher at Newcastle Airport observed the taxi lights for [the Jetstar A320] illuminate, engine noise increased and the aircraft started to taxi. Photo: Brock Perks

A ground worker got an almighty shock when the pilots of a Jetstar plane fired up its engines to taxi to the runway at Newcastle Airport, while the worker remained connected to the A320's nose.

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