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Tow driver reported while towing a B777 they had a close call with a vendor vehicle.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1644127 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201905 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Other Towing / Taxiing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
While towing an B777 into gate xx from the maintenance hangar; we were cut off by a vendor vehicle. The vehicle was coming at a high rate of speed on the vehicle service road from east to west. We were exiting taxi lane X and headed north into xx [gate]. The vehicle was flagged to stop by a member of our team but choose not to stop; so the driver continued across our path into the gate. While fully loaded with the 777 elevated; I had to make a complete and total stop in order not to collide. We came within 10' of an accident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Tow driver reported while towing a B777 they had a close call with a vendor vehicle.
Narrative: While towing an B777 into gate XX from the maintenance hangar; we were cut off by a vendor vehicle. The vehicle was coming at a high rate of speed on the vehicle service road from east to west. We were exiting taxi lane X and headed north into XX [Gate]. The vehicle was flagged to stop by a member of our team but choose not to stop; so the driver continued across our path into the gate. While fully loaded with the 777 elevated; I had to make a complete and total stop in order not to collide. We came within 10' of an accident.
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.