When the captain of an air carrier widebody transport taxied into position for takeoff at lhr, his aircraft wing passed over the cockpit of a B737 in the corner of the holding area.

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Attributes
ACN	472066
Time
Date	200005
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : egll.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : egll.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 129
Flight Phase	ground : holding
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	472066
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Captain was taxiing out to runway 9R at lhr. At the departure end of the runway there was a B737 in the corner of the holding area. As the captain taxied into position, the B737 aircraft stated our wingtip passed over their cockpit. To all 3 of us in the cockpit it looked like there was plenty of room.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WHEN THE CAPT OF AN ACR WDB TAXIED INTO POS FOR TKOF AT LHR, HIS ACFT WING PASSED OVER THE COCKPIT OF A B737 IN THE CORNER OF THE HOLDING AREA.

Narrative: CAPT WAS TAXIING OUT TO RWY 9R AT LHR. AT THE DEP END OF THE RWY THERE WAS A B737 IN THE CORNER OF THE HOLDING AREA. AS THE CAPT TAXIED INTO POS, THE B737 ACFT STATED OUR WINGTIP PASSED OVER THEIR COCKPIT. TO ALL 3 OF US IN THE COCKPIT IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.