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Ramp agent reported that during pushback an adjacent company pushed back with engines started and nearly jet blasted their crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1537783 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201804 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| 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 | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
During our pushback; [another aircraft] pushed back their flight as well. Our pushback area only allows for one plane to be pushed back at a time due to construction to the airport. [The other company] pushed back seeing that we were already in the middle of a push. They had engines going and could have jet blasted my entire crew. I screamed to a lead at another gate to call a supervisor immediately. [A supervisor] came out to the flight and did not imply that he was going to do anything. He talked to a lead that was not even on the flight and she witnessed that we were already pushing when [the other company] pushed with engines going. This is not the first incident with [that company] doing this. It is extremely dangerous and someone is going to get seriously injured if something is not done.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ramp agent reported that during pushback an adjacent company pushed back with engines started and nearly jet blasted their crew.
Narrative: During our pushback; [another aircraft] pushed back their flight as well. Our pushback area only allows for one plane to be pushed back at a time due to construction to the airport. [The other company] pushed back seeing that we were already in the middle of a push. They had engines going and could have jet blasted my entire crew. I screamed to a lead at another gate to call a supervisor immediately. [A supervisor] came out to the flight and did not imply that he was going to do anything. He talked to a lead that was not even on the flight and she witnessed that we were already pushing when [the other company] pushed with engines going. This is not the first incident with [that company] doing this. It is extremely dangerous and someone is going to get seriously injured if something is not done.
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.