This document provides guidance on ramp safety for vehicles operating in airport areas. It outlines definitions for different surface areas like movement areas, maneuvering areas, and aprons. It discusses authority requirements, speed limits, right of way rules for vehicles, aircraft, and other equipment. Safety procedures are presented for various hazards like jet blast, propellers, equipment being towed or pulled, weather conditions, and markings/signage in ramp areas. The goal is to provide information to ensure safe vehicle operation around aircraft in airport operations areas.

1. Awareness Training
Ramp Safety
The national airline of the Maldives

2. Welcome to your guide to ramp safety
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3. Table of Contents
Authority to Drive Airside
Movement area, maneuvering area and
apron area
Speed limits
Right of way
Safety
Weather conditions
Markings 3

4. Authority to Drive Airside
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5. xxxxx
 xxx
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6. Movement area,
maneuvering area and
apron are
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7. Surface Area Definitions
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 Movement area (all of below)
 Maneuvering area
(taxiways and runway)
 Apron (close-in taxiing and
parking of aircraft)

8. Maneuvering Area
It is forbidden to
drive on the
maneuvering area
(runway and
taxiways)
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9. Speed Limits
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10. Speed Limits
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The speed should never
exceed that warranted by
the circumstances

11. 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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12. Yield to all vehicles with flashing
blue or orange lights
Fire brigade
Police
Ambulances
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13. 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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15. Jet blast
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16. INTAKE (Suction): avoid approaching
closer than 15 meters
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17. Jet blast: Allow 2 aircraft lengths
behind aircraft
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18. Invisible Danger
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19. Running Engines
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20. ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS SWITCHED ON
INDICATE:
= Engines running or imminent start-up
= Imminent push-back
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21. TAXI LIGHTS (HEADLIGHTS) SWITCHED ON
INDICATE:
= Moving aircraft
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22. Propellers
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23. 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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24. Follow-me Vehicles
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25. It is strictly forbidden to cross between a follow-
me vehicle and the aircraft being marshaled
behind it
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26. It is strictly forbidden to cross between a follow-
me vehicle and the aircraft being marshaled
behind it
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27. Smoking
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28. It is strictly forbidden to smoke both inside of and
outside of a vehicle
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29. Alcohol and Drugs
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30. Alcohol and Drugs
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31. Hooked (and pulled)
equipment
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32. 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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33. Weather Conditions
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34. 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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35. 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