The national airline of the Maldives

Awareness Training
Ramp Safety
Welcome to your guide to ramp
safety

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Table of Contents
 Authority to Drive Airside
 Movement area, maneuvering area and
apron area
 Speed limits
 Right of way
 Safety
 Weather conditions
 Markings
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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

Itis 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

 Firebrigade
 Police
 Ambulances

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Yield to all vehicles with flashing
blue or orange lights
 Passenger 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 numbers
Aircraft 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

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