People mover hit the dock at Dulles this afternoon

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Anonymous wrote:According to the news, 18 people went to the hospital and only 50 on board. OP you are lucky then.

"The mobile lounge at around 4:30 p.m. was moving passengers from an arriving flight to Concourse D when it struck the building dock at an angle, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

Eighteen people were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, while others were evaluated by Airports Authority Fire and Rescue officials, according to a spokesperson.

There were roughly 50 people onboard the people-mover at the time, according to dispatch audio from Broadcastify."

Op here. Yea, I’m at the ER at my destination now. They took the people who could walk off of it and into the building. We filled out police reports. They were treating the more seriously injured people, so I knew it would be a while before I was seen. I decided to just fly but it definitely started hurting a lot on the plane. Apparently I have a hematoma and they are giving me pain meds.

I’d say everyone had some sort of injury.

That's so scary. Glad you're ok OP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:According to the news, 18 people went to the hospital and only 50 on board. OP you are lucky then.

"The mobile lounge at around 4:30 p.m. was moving passengers from an arriving flight to Concourse D when it struck the building dock at an angle, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

Eighteen people were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, while others were evaluated by Airports Authority Fire and Rescue officials, according to a spokesperson.

There were roughly 50 people onboard the people-mover at the time, according to dispatch audio from Broadcastify."

Op here. Yea, I’m at the ER at my destination now. They took the people who could walk off of it and into the building. We filled out police reports. They were treating the more seriously injured people, so I knew it would be a while before I was seen. I decided to just fly but it definitely started hurting a lot on the plane. Apparently I have a hematoma and they are giving me pain meds.

I’d say everyone had some sort of injury.

Thank you, OP, for sharing - horrible…
Was it after an international flight?

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Anonymous wrote:Did people topple over and hurt themselves?

Many people thrown to the ground. Several head injuries. A couple of people lost consciousness. One guy tore his bicep. Multiple people bleeding.

I have a bad bruise on my leg. I left to get on my flight but I think I will probably go get checked out after I land.

Tore his bicep? That sounds weird. I dont beleive.

He was holding on to his mother’s wheelchair when we hit. You’re welcome to not believe it but that’s what the medical personal assessed it as.

You listened in on each medical assessment??

They were probably in close proximity. People overhear things. It’s not always intentional.

OP. Hope you are okay.

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So sorry op! Hope you recover quickly.

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OP where was DCUM in your notification priority order?

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"mobile lounge ".

What a name

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These things are terrible ban them

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Anonymous wrote:OP where was DCUM in your notification priority order?

+1

This is why I was questioning OP originally. It seemed like OP would come back with more and more information as if they were hearing it second hand. Probably OP was in a little bit of shock and or had an adrenaline running and that’s why their responses were so odd but also DCUM would not what I would be doing on my flight after such an incident.

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Sounds like a job opening at Dulles....

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LAWSUIT

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Anonymous wrote:OP where was DCUM in your notification priority order?

I paid the $8 for the Wi-Fi on my two-hour flight after the incident. Yes, I was kind of wired and in shock after it and didn’t really feel like watching Abbot Elementary episodes the whole time like I usually do. You don’t have to believe me, I don’t really care. I shared my story, that’s what people do here.

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Anonymous wrote:OP where was DCUM in your notification priority order?

+1

This is why I was questioning OP originally. It seemed like OP would come back with more and more information as if they were hearing it second hand. Probably OP was in a little bit of shock and or had an adrenaline running and that’s why their responses were so odd but also DCUM would not what I would be doing on my flight after such an incident.

I didn't see anything odd in the replies from OP. They told you what happened and what they saw/heard.

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Anonymous wrote:"mobile lounge ".

What a name

Well, that was a part of Saarinen’s 1950s vision of the “airport of the future” - they were originally designed to take passengers directly from check-in counters to their plane in a “relaxing atmosphere of a lounge”. You can still see all the original docking areas right behind the airlines’ counters - but that was decades before all the screening we have to go through today. Good summary here: https://www.ashburnmagazine.com/features/mobile-lounges-are-a-unique-part-of-dulles-internationals-past/

It seems like OP was going to their domestic flight - still awful but initially I was thinking it happened after deplaning from a transatlantic flight (the only time when I use them), that would have been a terrible “welcome to America” after an exhausting long flight.

Hope OP does not have any serious issues from the accident and will be compensated for the stress and inconvenience.

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Anonymous wrote:"mobile lounge ".

What a name

I fly all the time out of Dulles and never knew they had that name. I called them the "moon bus."