A320 captain reported stopping the taxi because an aircraft under tow began to drifted towards the t...

Attributes
ACN	1444638
Time
Date	201705
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 199 Flight Crew Type 11975
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical

Narrative:

While taxiing out on C line; a tow on B line cut over close to my line; forcing me to stop. Had I not stopped; there would have been a collision on ground with aircraft damage between the two aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Captain reported stopping the taxi because an aircraft under tow began to drifted towards the taxiway.

Narrative: While taxiing out on C line; a tow on B line cut over close to my line; forcing me to stop. Had I not stopped; there would have been a collision on ground with aircraft damage between the two aircraft.

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.

A320 captain reported stopping the taxi because an aircraft under tow began to drifted towards the taxiway.