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A319 captain reported a near collision while taxiing at atl with a B777 that was under tow with insufficient lighting for the night conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1479984 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201709 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ATL.Airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
Narrative:
[We] almost hit a B777 when taxiing into atlanta. We landed on runway 8L and turned off at B11. Tower told us to turn right onto bravo to victor. We did our after landing flow checklist and around B6 I heard the tower yelling stop. I wasn't sure who the tower was yelling at but I hit my brakes. Only then did I see a B777 being towed about to cross our path. There was no time to completely stop so I veered hard right and somehow missed it. The only lights I saw were from the tug vehicle. No warning of taxiing traffic was ever given to us by the tower. I didn't see any lights on the plane but it was a quick and scary view from my perspective. We continued on to the gate normally.better communications and more lights on the B777 would have helped.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain reported a near collision while taxiing at ATL with a B777 that was under tow with insufficient lighting for the night conditions.
Narrative: [We] almost hit a B777 when taxiing into Atlanta. We landed on runway 8L and turned off at B11. Tower told us to turn right onto Bravo to Victor. We did our after landing flow checklist and around B6 I heard the tower yelling STOP. I wasn't sure who the tower was yelling at but I hit my brakes. Only then did I see a B777 being towed about to cross our path. There was no time to completely stop so I veered hard right and somehow missed it. The only lights I saw were from the tug vehicle. No warning of taxiing traffic was ever given to us by the Tower. I didn't see any lights on the plane but it was a quick and scary view from my perspective. We continued on to the gate normally.Better communications and more lights on the B777 would have helped.
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.