B737 first officer reported a near collision occurred on a taxiway in atl when a B777 being towed fa...

Narrative:

[We were] almost hit by a B777 aircraft being pulled by a tug while taxiing in atlanta after landing. We turned off from runway 8L on B11 taxiway. The tower told us to turn right from B to V and taxi into T concourse. I was the pm and read back the clearance. I heard the tower tell the tug towing the aircraft to hold short [of] our taxiway (after crossing the parallel runway we just landed on) to allow us to pass on the taxiway. He read the clearance back to acknowledge. He was crossing the runway and I was watching him with good situational awareness to make sure he would stop. As he crossed the runway he sped up instead of slowing down to hold short of our taxiway where we were converging. The controller shouted on the radios; 'tug stop; stop; stop.' at the same time I pointed and told the ca 'he is not stopping' and the ca turned and saw him and turned our aircraft right to swerve and avoid him. The tug was able to stop at the last minute and he did not hit us or damage the aircraft. The tug did not have bright lights so it was very hard to see him. We had all of our taxi lights on; so he should have seen us. We continued to the gate normally and no other incidents.tug driver failed to stop after and hold short of the taxiway after he read it back on the radio. Better communication between everyone. Better lighting on tugs and aircraft being towed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reported a near collision occurred on a taxiway in ATL when a B777 being towed failed to hold short as cleared and entered their taxiway.

Narrative: [We were] almost hit by a B777 aircraft being pulled by a tug while taxiing in Atlanta after landing. We turned off from Runway 8L on B11 taxiway. The Tower told us to turn right from B to V and taxi into T concourse. I was the PM and read back the clearance. I heard the Tower tell the tug towing the aircraft to hold short [of] our taxiway (after crossing the parallel runway we just landed on) to allow us to pass on the taxiway. He read the clearance back to acknowledge. He was crossing the runway and I was watching him with good situational awareness to make sure he would stop. As he crossed the runway he sped up instead of slowing down to hold short of our taxiway where we were converging. The Controller shouted on the radios; 'tug stop; stop; stop.' At the same time I pointed and told the CA 'he is not stopping' and the CA turned and saw him and turned our aircraft right to swerve and avoid him. The tug was able to stop at the last minute and he did not hit us or damage the aircraft. The tug did not have bright lights so it was very hard to see him. We had all of our taxi lights on; so he should have seen us. We continued to the gate normally and no other incidents.Tug driver failed to stop after and hold short of the taxiway after he read it back on the radio. Better communication between everyone. Better lighting on tugs and aircraft being towed.

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	1479986
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	B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated
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	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

B737 first officer reported a near collision occurred on a taxiway in atl when a B777 being towed failed to hold short as cleared and entered their taxiway.