Passengers Out Of Seats When Plane Started Moving

The plane was at the jetway. It had come to a complete stop, and the seatbelt light had been turned off... so the last thing anyone expected was for the United Airlines 757 to start moving again. That's what happened, however, Sunday night at Seattle-Tacoma International.

A passenger and a flight attendant onboard the aircraft were injured slightly as they had begun to move about the cabin, when the airliner began moving again. The Seattle Times reports the plane moved approximately 10 feet before the left engine cowling struck the jetway.

The flight, coming in from Chicago, was at gate N-6 when the accident occurred, said United spokesman Jeff Green. None of the other 144 passengers and five crew members onboard were injured.

The airliner is being examined by maintenance crews, Green added.

**   Report created 2/14/2006   Record 10
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IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 583UA        Make/Model: B757      Description: B-757
  Date: 02/13/2006     Time: 0349

  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: Minor     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Minor

LOCATION
  City: SEATTLE   State: WA   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  N583UA, UNITED AIRLINES UAL949, A BOEING 757 ACFT, WHILE POSITIONING FOR
  PARKING, CLIPPED THE BREEZEWAY AT THE GATE, MINOR INJURIES REPORTED TO TWO
  PERSONS ON BOARD, SEATTLE, WA

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   1     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   1     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED

OTHER DATA

  Departed: CHICAGO, IL                 Dep Date:    Dep. Time:     
  Destination: SEATTLE, WA              Flt Plan: IFR          Wx Briefing: 
  Last Radio Cont: 
  Last Clearance: 

  FAA FSDO: SEATTLE, WA  (NM01)                   Entry date: 02/13/2006

FMI: www.faa.gov