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A ramp employee is concerned about the need for agents to walk across an active runway after pushback.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1216833 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201411 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 135 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown Ground Incursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
Agents are being directed to push back aircraft to an area known as the penalty box on the north side of [one of the] terminal[s]. When pushing to this location the aircraft and agents must cross an active taxiway. There are two wingwalkers required for the push back. When the push back is complete. One agent must walk back across the active taxiway. The agent is in danger of being run over by a taxiing plane and is subject to jet blast from passing aircraft. There is additional danger at night when visibility is low as the area does not have good lighting.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A ramp employee is concerned about the need for agents to walk across an active runway after pushback.
Narrative: Agents are being directed to push back aircraft to an area known as the penalty box on the north side of [one of the] terminal[s]. When pushing to this location the aircraft and agents must cross an active taxiway. There are two wingwalkers required for the push back. When the push back is complete. One agent must walk back across the active taxiway. The agent is in danger of being run over by a taxiing plane and is subject to jet blast from passing aircraft. There is additional danger at night when visibility is low as the area does not have good lighting.
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.