Air carrier ramp employee reported a near collision on the dfw ramp resulted when the ramp tower cle...

Attributes
ACN	1405562
Time
Date	201611
Place
Locale Reference	DFW.Airport
State Reference	TX
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Medium Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Ramp
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

We were dispatching [an air carrier] flight; the ramp tower advised to push aircraft tail north; and gave clearance to push. During the push back we were unable to comply with a tail north push due to the fact that dfw terminal ramp tower gave clearance to aircraft Y to continue their taxi to their respective gate. They were traveling at a high rate of speed during their taxi; which resulted in [our] ramp crew [having] to abort push tail to the north. This could have been a major accident if [our] ramp crew [had] not [been] aware of their surroundings.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier ramp employee reported a near collision on the DFW ramp resulted when the Ramp Tower cleared an aircraft in during the reporter's push back procedure.

Narrative: We were dispatching [an air carrier] flight; the Ramp Tower advised to push aircraft tail north; and gave clearance to push. During the push back we were unable to comply with a tail north push due to the fact that DFW terminal Ramp Tower gave clearance to aircraft Y to continue their taxi to their respective gate. They were traveling at a high rate of speed during their taxi; which resulted in [our] ramp crew [having] to abort push tail to the north. This could have been a major accident if [our] ramp crew [had] not [been] aware of their surroundings.

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.

Air carrier ramp employee reported a near collision on the dfw ramp resulted when the ramp tower cleared an aircraft in during the reporter's push back procedure.