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A ramp agent reported noticing a tug rolling towards a parked aircraft and ran over and stopped it.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1640749 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201904 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Vehicle Driver Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
Narrative:
Near miss of a tug which was put in neutral and emergency brake. The tug went toward an engine of a B777 by itself. I noticed this from another gate and ran to stop the tug inches away from the engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Ramp Agent reported noticing a tug rolling towards a parked aircraft and ran over and stopped it.
Narrative: Near miss of a tug which was put in neutral and emergency brake. The tug went toward an engine of a B777 by itself. I noticed this from another gate and ran to stop the tug inches away from the engine.
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.