B757 first officer reported an md-80 clearing a runway just missed his wingtip as he taxied by.

Attributes
ACN	1129233
Time
Date	201311
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PHL.Airport
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 27500 Flight Crew Type 16800
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical

Narrative:

We had passed taxiway right and were short of taxiway T when the captain set the parking brake. We wished to verify the taxi instruction with ramp; but the ramp frequency was congested. While we waited to talk to the ramp controller; an md-80 cleared runway 27R onto taxiway T and then left towards taxiway TA. The md-80's right wingtip cleared our aircraft's nose by no more than a few yards. Since we were parked on taxiway K between taxiways right and T; the distance for the md-80 to visibly clear our aircraft was in question. We proceeded to our assigned gate after an aircraft cleared the alleyway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 First Officer reported an MD-80 clearing a runway just missed his wingtip as he taxied by.

Narrative: We had passed Taxiway R and were short of Taxiway T when the Captain set the parking brake. We wished to verify the taxi instruction with ramp; but the ramp frequency was congested. While we waited to talk to the Ramp Controller; an MD-80 cleared Runway 27R onto Taxiway T and then left towards Taxiway TA. The MD-80's right wingtip cleared our aircraft's nose by no more than a few yards. Since we were parked on Taxiway K between Taxiways R and T; the distance for the MD-80 to visibly clear our aircraft was in question. We proceeded to our assigned gate after an aircraft cleared the alleyway.

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.