An aircraft on atl taxiway A7 stopped rapidly as a van drove under its nose. Atl ground control; air...

Narrative:

Taxied from atl cargo ramp via taxiway A7 at the atl airport. Held at point A7 and taxiway a heading south. While waiting for taxi clearance from atl ground control; there were three vehicles holding at traffic lane. One on the east of aircraft and two on west side of aircraft. Ground control cleared us to taxi to runway 26L via taxiway a; to cross 26R then to 26L. I started to taxi while clearing to the left for a turn on taxiway a. Cockpit jumpseater urgently and loudly said 'stop.' observed the second truck on the west side of the aircraft had driven around the first vehicle; entered taxiway a then turned toward aircraft and went under our aircraft. At first; thought the vehicle would strike the nose gear but the vehicle appeared on the left side of aircraft. We immediately told ground control that a truck had blatantly moved and drove under our aircraft while we were taxiing. We watched the truck driver rapidly drive to facility to the far east of the cargo ramp. Driver exited the utility truck and entered a pickup truck and proceeded to drive on the perimeter road; east of the western runways. This was a reckless and blatant disregard for safety; airport rules; security and procedures. Atlanta airport police have been notified; airport safety director was notified; and atl ramp manager were notified.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An aircraft on ATL Taxiway A7 stopped rapidly as a van drove under its nose. ATL Ground Control; Airport Police were notified.

Narrative: Taxied from ATL Cargo ramp via taxiway A7 at the ATL airport. Held at point A7 and Taxiway A heading south. While waiting for taxi clearance from ATL Ground Control; there were three vehicles holding at traffic lane. One on the east of aircraft and two on west side of aircraft. Ground control cleared us to taxi to Runway 26L via taxiway A; to cross 26R then to 26L. I started to taxi while clearing to the left for a turn on Taxiway A. Cockpit jumpseater urgently and loudly said 'STOP.' Observed the second truck on the west side of the aircraft had driven around the first vehicle; entered Taxiway A then turned toward aircraft and went under our aircraft. At first; thought the vehicle would strike the nose gear but the vehicle appeared on the left side of aircraft. We immediately told Ground Control that a truck had blatantly moved and drove under our aircraft while we were taxiing. We watched the truck driver rapidly drive to facility to the far east of the cargo ramp. Driver exited the utility truck and entered a pickup truck and proceeded to drive on the perimeter road; east of the western runways. This was a reckless and blatant disregard for safety; airport rules; security and procedures. Atlanta airport police have been notified; airport safety director was notified; and ATL Ramp Manager were notified.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1092207
Time
Date	201306
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

An aircraft on atl taxiway A7 stopped rapidly as a van drove under its nose. Atl ground control; airport police were notified.