Contract technician reported the right main landing gear of a B777 contacted taxiway edge lights and...

Narrative:

My partner and I were assigned to move another company's aircraft from one terminal to another. My partner was in the left seat and I was in the right seat. After push back we notified international tower ready to taxi they gave us instructions to move forward on the international ramp and hold short of taxi way and to contact ground. We moved forward to hold line; I called ground and we were given instruction to taxi. We proceeded on our move and after we made the turn on the taxiway; I noticed a status message come up 'tire pressure' I switched to the gear page and noticed #12 tire lost pressure. We continued to the gate and found damage to #12 and #8 sidewalls and replaced tires #8; #11 and #12.improved situational awareness in the cockpit. Better route via taxiway and light boxes being put flush in the taxiway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Contract Technician reported the right Main Landing Gear of a B777 contacted taxiway edge lights and damaged three Main Landing Gear tires during a taxi move.

Narrative: My partner and I were assigned to move another company's aircraft from one terminal to another. My partner was in the left seat and I was in the right seat. After push back we notified International tower ready to taxi they gave us instructions to move forward on the international ramp and hold short of taxi way and to contact ground. We moved forward to hold line; I called ground and we were given instruction to taxi. We proceeded on our move and after we made the turn on the taxiway; I noticed a status message come up 'Tire Pressure' I switched to the gear page and noticed #12 tire lost pressure. We continued to the gate and found Damage to #12 and #8 sidewalls and replaced tires #8; #11 and #12.Improved situational awareness in the cockpit. Better route via taxiway and light boxes being put flush in the taxiway.

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	1352087
Time
Date	201604
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 129
Flight Phase	Other Maintenance Crew Taxi
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Person 2
Function	Other / Unknown
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Object

Contract technician reported the right main landing gear of a B777 contacted taxiway edge lights and damaged three main landing gear tires during a taxi move.