Medium transport aircraft taxiing out on taxiway C at klax stopped abruptly to avoid a possible coll...

Narrative:

I was cleared to turn right on C with a hold short clearance beyond terminal 6. Something ahead and to the right caught my attention and I made an immediate stop. The something was the tail of a [company] heavy that seemed too close to the taxiway C center line. After I had stopped and was sorting out the situation; the first officer complimented me on stopping and indicated he had not seen the hazard. After this; there was a radio transmission I think between [company aircraft] and ground indicating their tug operator had stopped their push to avoid a collision with my aircraft. I stopped about 150 feet short of a potential collision with [company]. Given that the [company] had stopped the push; my right wing tip may or may not have collided with the tail cone of the [company] had I continued to taxi.after the event; the ground controller had [company] pull back into the gate; me continue the taxi; and apologized.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Medium Transport aircraft taxiing out on Taxiway C at KLAX stopped abruptly to avoid a possible collision with a Heavy Transport being pushed back onto the taxiway.

Narrative: I was cleared to turn right on C with a hold short clearance beyond Terminal 6. Something ahead and to the right caught my attention and I made an immediate stop. The something was the tail of a [Company] heavy that seemed too close to the Taxiway C center line. After I had stopped and was sorting out the situation; the FO complimented me on stopping and indicated he had not seen the hazard. After this; there was a radio transmission I think between [Company aircraft] and ground indicating their tug operator had stopped their push to avoid a collision with my aircraft. I stopped about 150 feet short of a potential collision with [Company]. Given that the [Company] had stopped the push; my right wing tip may or may not have collided with the tail cone of the [Company] had I continued to taxi.After the event; the Ground Controller had [Company] pull back into the gate; me continue the taxi; and apologized.

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	1295059
Time
Date	201509
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Heavy Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Medium transport aircraft taxiing out on taxiway C at klax stopped abruptly to avoid a possible collision with a heavy transport being pushed back onto the taxiway.