Accidents
Pilot dragged under Learjet 45
The captain of a Learjet 45 operated by German air-taxi company Cirrus Aviation was seriously injured when the airplane began to move during preflight.

The captain of a Learjet 45 operated by German air-taxi company Cirrus Aviation was seriously injured when the airplane began to move during preflight. He fell out the door, became trapped by the nosegear door and was dragged by the airplane.

The crew was preparing the aircraft, positioned at London Gatwick earlier in the day by another crew, for a night departure to Paris. The copilot noted that the nosewheel was chocked fore and aft and climbed aboard. These wooden chocks weighed about two pounds each. The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch report notes that they might have given him a false impression that the aircraft was secure.