An A320 flight crew describes a near collision with a catering truck at ord after holding short of a...

Narrative:

After landing on runway 28C; ATC ground controller instructed us to hold short of taxiway D on ee; then follow an aircraft under tow on taxiway alpha-18; then alpha to the ramp. As the aircraft cleared in front of us; the captain started rolling and then we received a revised clearance from ground controller to continue holding on ee for an rj approaching from our left on D; then follow aircraft under tow to the ramp. Captain stopped our aircraft on taxiway ee; well short of taxiway D but with the aircraft nose blocking one lane of the ground vehicle service road. Ground service vehicles to our left and right had stopped at this time; so we assumed that they would not move until we completely cleared the service road. As the rj cleared the intersection of ee on D; captain released the brakes; and just as we started rolling; the first officer saw a truck approaching and immediately alerted the captain to stop the aircraft. The captain immediately stopped the aircraft; and we both watched in amazement as a truck passed on the open service road lane; from our right to left. As he passed; I would estimate that the left side roof of the truck passed within 3 feet of the nose cone of our aircraft. This was the closest that I have ever come to a metal bending ground incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 flight crew describes a near collision with a catering truck at ORD after holding short of a service road for two aircraft to pass. The catering truck began to cross the taxiway and did not stop; at the same moment the Captain begin to taxi. A quick stop by the Captain was required.

Narrative: After landing on Runway 28C; ATC ground controller instructed us to hold short of taxiway D on EE; then follow an aircraft under tow on taxiway Alpha-18; then Alpha to the ramp. As the aircraft cleared in front of us; the Captain started rolling and then we received a revised clearance from ground controller to continue holding on EE for an RJ approaching from our left on D; then follow aircraft under tow to the ramp. Captain stopped our aircraft on taxiway EE; well short of taxiway D but with the aircraft nose blocking one lane of the ground vehicle service road. Ground service vehicles to our left and right had stopped at this time; so we assumed that they would not move until we completely cleared the service road. As the RJ cleared the intersection of EE on D; captain released the brakes; and just as we started rolling; the first officer saw a truck approaching and immediately alerted the captain to stop the aircraft. The captain immediately stopped the aircraft; and we both watched in amazement as a truck passed on the open service road lane; from our right to left. As he passed; I would estimate that the left side roof of the truck passed within 3 feet of the nose cone of our aircraft. This was the closest that I have ever come to a metal bending ground incident.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1256059
Time
Date	201504
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 12500 Flight Crew Type 11500
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle

An A320 flight crew describes a near collision with a catering truck at ord after holding short of a service road for two aircraft to pass. The catering truck began to cross the taxiway and did not stop; at the same moment the captain begin to taxi. A quick stop by the captain was required.