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Captain of air carrier aircraft had to aggressively stop to avoid a vehicle whose driver was focused on a mobile phone while driving.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1377461 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201608 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain Vehicle Driver |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 1365 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle |
Narrative:
Ramp cart ct-940 driver was texting and drove directly in front of us as I was turning to park at the gate in ord. Had to aggressively apply brakes. He never looked up from cell phone.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Captain of air carrier aircraft had to aggressively stop to avoid a vehicle whose driver was focused on a mobile phone while driving.
Narrative: Ramp cart CT-940 driver was texting and drove directly in front of us as I was turning to park at the gate in ORD. Had to aggressively apply brakes. He never looked up from cell phone.
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.