Unauthorized pushback - language barrier.

Attributes
ACN	295877
Time
Date	199502
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mex
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 22000 flight time type : 1700
ASRS Report	295877
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

A language barrier and being rushed by the ground crew, combined to cause me to allow the aircraft to be pushed onto an active taxiway without clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UNAUTH PUSHBACK - LANGUAGE BARRIER.

Narrative: A LANGUAGE BARRIER AND BEING RUSHED BY THE GND CREW, COMBINED TO CAUSE ME TO ALLOW THE ACFT TO BE PUSHED ONTO AN ACTIVE TXWY WITHOUT CLRNC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.