# Incident 20190729005662I: Boeing 787-8, Chicago, IL, July 29, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2019, 21:35 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N819AN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N819AN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 787-8 (registry code 1388002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-787-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE GENX-1B70/P2 (registry code 30228, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-genx-1b70-p2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 787-8
- Reported engine: GE GENX-1B70/P2
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190729005662I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 7/29/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 21:35 CST, NORWEGIAN AIR UK OUTBOUND FLIGHT NRS2WE, G-CKWE, A B-787-9 WAS AT CHICAGO O?HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TAXIING WEST ON TAXI WAY ALPHA PAST GATE K-16. AMERICAN AIRLINES OUTBOUND FLIGHT AAL312, N819AN, A B-787-8 WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE K-16 VIA A GROUND TUG. AMERICAN AIRLINES SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWED THAT DURING THE PUSHBACK AN AMERICAN AIRLINES CREW BUS DID NOT GIVE WAY TO THE PUSH BACK AND DROVE TOWARDS THE TAIL OF N819AN CAUSING THE PUSHBACK CREW TO STOP THE PUSHBACK UNTIL THE BUS COULD BACKUP OUT OF THE WAY. N819AN WAS STOPPED FACING EAST WITH ITS RIGHT WING EXTENDING BEYOND THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA BOUNDARY MARKING INTO TAXIWAY ALPHA. AS G-CKWE APPROACHED N819AN ON TAXIWAY ALPHA THE CREW SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT AND MANEUVERED LEFT TO CLEAR N819AN?S RIGHT WING. N819AN TRIED TO HAIL G-CKWE TO STOP WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE STRUCK, BUT G-CKWE COULD NOT HEAR THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE BROADCASTING AND MONITORING ON DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES. G-CKWE STRUCK N819AN?S RIGHT WINGTIP WITH THEIR RIGHT WINGTIP. BOTH AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THEIR GATES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE PASSENGERS AND CREW FROM BOTH AIRCRAFT DEPLANED NORMALLY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- G-CKWE, Boeing 787-9: no report for this aircraft in the release

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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