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Attributes | |
ACN | 1347282 |
Time | |
Date | 201604 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
State Reference | IL |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Flight Phase | Taxi |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 3482 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle |
Narrative:
After our push back was complete; we began our initial taxi from [the] gate. I cleared the right side of the aircraft and verbalized 'all clear'. The push back angled the airplane requiring a turn to the left. As we began moving; I noticed what looked like the employee bus driving at a fairly high speed on the service road paralleling the terminal. It didn't appear that he was stopping (or even slowing down). I told the captain to 'stop'. The arc of the wing during the turn would have most certainly hit the bus. I immediately called the flight attendants to ensure no one was injured and notified the ramp of the incident. The bus came to a stop close enough for us to see the bus number which we reported to the ramp.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 First Officer reported a near collision with a bus while taxiing at ORD.
Narrative: After our push back was complete; we began our initial taxi from [the] gate. I cleared the right side of the aircraft and verbalized 'all clear'. The push back angled the airplane requiring a turn to the left. As we began moving; I noticed what looked like the employee bus driving at a fairly high speed on the service road paralleling the terminal. It didn't appear that he was stopping (or even slowing down). I told the Captain to 'stop'. The arc of the wing during the turn would have most certainly hit the bus. I immediately called the Flight Attendants to ensure no one was injured and notified the ramp of the incident. The bus came to a stop close enough for us to see the bus number which we reported to the ramp.
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.