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B737 captain reported making an abrupt stop to avoid a collision with a baggage cart on the ramp at iad.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1301648 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201510 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAD.Airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 121 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 10000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
Narrative:
After push made initial eastbound turn onto delta for eastbound taxi to runway 30. As I was making the turn I saw a tug with baggage cart moving left to right across ramp and directly in front of us. Tug was close enough that I had to stop abruptly. He also stopped but then continued on. Started taxiing to runway again when [a flight attendant] called from in back and asked if all was okay. [The first officer] answered and said yes. [The flight attendant] said okay and hung up. I then realized I needed to say something and stopped to make a PA explaining the reason for the stop. We continued to runway without further incident. I later found out that [a flight attendant] had fallen against the wall of the aft galley; but said she was unhurt.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported making an abrupt stop to avoid a collision with a baggage cart on the ramp at IAD.
Narrative: After push made initial eastbound turn onto Delta for eastbound taxi to Runway 30. As I was making the turn I saw a tug with baggage cart moving left to right across ramp and directly in front of us. Tug was close enough that I had to stop abruptly. He also stopped but then continued on. Started taxiing to runway again when [a flight attendant] called from in back and asked if all was okay. [The FO] answered and said yes. [The flight attendant] said okay and hung up. I then realized I needed to say something and stopped to make a PA explaining the reason for the stop. We continued to runway without further incident. I later found out that [a flight attendant] had fallen against the wall of the aft galley; but said she was unhurt.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.