FUELING TRUCK LEAKED FUEL ON RAMP NEAR ACR LTT ACFT.
Synopsis
FUELING TRUCK LEAKED FUEL ON RAMP NEAR ACR LTT ACFT.
Narrative
A FUEL SPILL OCCURRED WHILE FLT WAS BEING REFUELED. I IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED MEM OPS TO BRING OUT THE SPILL CART AND NOTIFY THE ARPT FIRE DEPT. THIS WAS BECAUSE THE SPILL HAD GROWN TO OVER 6 FT IN DIAMETER; AND THE FUEL TRUCK KEPT LEAKING. WHEN NO FIRE DEPT VEHICLES ARRIVED; I ASKED OPS IF THEY HAD NOTIFIED THEM. I WAS TOLD THAT A RAMP MGR WAS ON THE SCENE AND HAD GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO NOT CALL THE FIRE DEPT. I WENT OVER TO THE FUEL TRUCK; AND SHOWED HIM THE PROCS OUTLINED FOR A FUEL SPILL. IAW THE ACR (COMPANY) GOM. AS I SHOWED HIM THIS; THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO LEAK AT AN EVEN HIGHER RATE. THE SUPVR WALKED AWAY FROM ME WITHOUT A WORD. I WENT BACK TO MY ACFT; CALLED OPS AGAIN; REQUESTING THEM TO NOTIFY THE FIRE DEPT. THE FUEL TRUCK; SITTING OVER THE SPILL; WAS STARTED UP AND DRIVEN AWAY. THE ARPT POLICE ARRIVED. THE FUEL SPILL WAS COVERED WITH DRYING COMPOUND FROM THE FUEL SPILL CART BEFORE THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED TO HOSE DOWN THE SPILL. THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED AT APPROX XA38 HRS. THE FUEL SPILL WAS NOT HOSED DOWN. THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE WERE JEOPARDIZED BECAUSE PROPER PROCS WERE NOT FOLLOWED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.