B757 flight crew reported that when crossing an intersection to proceed straight ahead; the captain ...

Narrative:

We were given clearance to give way to an airbus A319 taxiing eastbound then taxi to runway 8R. We were at spot Z and proceeded to [the intersection] after the airbus passed going eastbound. As I was turning left on taxiway X; I saw the nose of another aircraft approaching out the first officer's window. I had no ability to see the aircraft prior to that point since he would have been at my 5 o'clock position. I was a well into the intersection when I spotted the 767; so I veered left and added power with the assumption he would hit me if he kept coming and I stopped in the intersection. I don't know how close my right wing or tail came to his nose but fortunately we both took appropriate action when he stopped abruptly and I veered left. He should have had a clear view of my aircraft as he was taxiing westbound on taxiway X and I would be coming from his left to center. I obtained the tower phone contact and called them upon arrival at our destination. They called me back the next morning and explained that the controller had erred in not giving either aircraft instructions to give way to the other.the controller clearly should have given instructions to one of us to give way to the other. I had no way of seeing the other aircraft approaching from behind and his clearance to taxi was given before we tuned to ground control; so we would have had no way of hearing the conflicting clearances.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 flight crew reported that when crossing an intersection to proceed straight ahead; the Captain had to swerve to avoid hitting a B767 aircraft also crossing the intersection.

Narrative: We were given clearance to give way to an Airbus A319 taxiing eastbound then taxi to Runway 8R. We were at spot Z and proceeded to [the intersection] after the Airbus passed going eastbound. As I was turning left on taxiway X; I saw the nose of another aircraft approaching out the First Officer's window. I had no ability to see the aircraft prior to that point since he would have been at my 5 o'clock position. I was a well into the intersection when I spotted the 767; so I veered left and added power with the assumption he would hit me if he kept coming and I stopped in the intersection. I don't know how close my right wing or tail came to his nose but fortunately we both took appropriate action when he stopped abruptly and I veered left. He should have had a clear view of my aircraft as he was taxiing westbound on taxiway X and I would be coming from his left to center. I obtained the Tower phone contact and called them upon arrival at our destination. They called me back the next morning and explained that the controller had erred in not giving either aircraft instructions to give way to the other.The controller clearly should have given instructions to one of us to give way to the other. I had no way of seeing the other aircraft approaching from behind and his clearance to taxi was given before we tuned to Ground Control; so we would have had no way of hearing the conflicting clearances.

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	1534361
Time
Date	201804
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

B757 flight crew reported that when crossing an intersection to proceed straight ahead; the captain had to swerve to avoid hitting a B767 aircraft also crossing the intersection.