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Ground reporter stated that simultaneous push-backs from a terminal in iah is a safety hazard due to jet blast from airplanes in front of one another.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1499882 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201711 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAH.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Other Jet Blast |
Narrative:
All aircraft are 737's. Aircraft X was told to push [to spot on ramp]. Aircraft Y was told to push to right right behind aircraft X. The agent on the push crew for aircraft Y had to get jet blast from aircraft X. Right after that while those planes were still in there spots flight aircraft Z was instructed to push to [a different spot]. Next while the first 2 flights are still at their spots aircraft Z was instructed to push out of the gate to spot Q. Aircraft Z had to push through aircraft Y's jet blast to make it to spot Q where the crew then got jet blasted from aircraft a as it started to taxi away.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ground reporter stated that simultaneous push-backs from a terminal in IAH is a safety hazard due to jet blast from airplanes in front of one another.
Narrative: All aircraft are 737's. Aircraft X was told to push [to spot on ramp]. Aircraft Y was told to push to R right behind Aircraft X. The agent on the push crew for Aircraft Y had to get jet blast from Aircraft X. Right after that while those planes were still in there spots flight Aircraft Z was instructed to push to [a different spot]. Next while the first 2 flights are still at their spots Aircraft Z was instructed to push out of the gate to spot Q. Aircraft Z had to push through Aircraft Y's jet blast to make it to spot Q where the crew then got jet blasted from Aircraft A as it started to taxi away.
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.