B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Human Factors; Procedure
Inbound B767 needed to be towed into gate; saw a team leader brought a pushback [tug] and tow bar to tow the aircraft into the gate while Supervisor there watching. I asked him if that pushback [tug] was rated properly to tow in B767; he answered me yes. Once the aircraft was at the gate I went to see if the pushback [tug] was the proper piece; but it wasn't. This [tug] is not rated to tow in anything larger than B757 aircraft. This makes what was done an unsafe act and practice.
Ground employee reported a B767 was towed into the gate with a tug not rated for the aircraft type.