B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 121; Flight Crew Total 20000; Flight Crew Type 10000
Situational Awareness
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Physical Injury / Incapacitation
Human Factors
After push made initial eastbound turn onto Delta for eastbound taxi to Runway 30. As I was making the turn I saw a tug with baggage cart moving left to right across ramp and directly in front of us. Tug was close enough that I had to stop abruptly. He also stopped but then continued on. Started taxiing to runway again when [a flight attendant] called from in back and asked if all was okay. [The FO] answered and said yes. [The flight attendant] said okay and hung up. I then realized I needed to say something and stopped to make a PA explaining the reason for the stop. We continued to runway without further incident. I later found out that [a flight attendant] had fallen against the wall of the aft galley; but said she was unhurt.
B737 Captain reported making an abrupt stop to avoid a collision with a baggage cart on the ramp at IAD.