Commercial Fixed Wing
Situational Awareness; Time Pressure; Confusion
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown; Ground Incursion Ramp
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure
I was the wing walker. As we were pushing back we noticed two aircraft coming on to the taxiway from another gate area. We got clearance and were already into the push. We passed the vehicle service road and the taxiing aircraft were getting closer. I told our driver to stop. We had wireless headsets; luckily. I tried to get the taxiing aircraft to stop by giving the stop signal with my lighted wands. I walked to the back of our aircraft to see if it would be too close and possibly hit our tail. I told our driver to start pulling back toward the gate. About 20 feet. when we got back to the gate after push was completed we found out the tower had made a mistake.
We got clearance from the tower to push. We were just passed the vehicle service road when there were two aircraft taxiing around the corner. Our wing walker gave the aircraft the stop signal and he did not slow. Luckily; we had wireless headsets and the pushback driver was told to stop. As the taxiing aircraft got closer the wing walker told the pushback driver to then start backing up or the taxiing aircraft could clip our tail. I called to inform them and they said the tower admitted it was their fault.
A Ramp Wing Walker reported one of the wing walkers noticed two aircraft taxiing toward the same spot they were pushing back an aircraft to and instructed the tug driver to pull the aircraft back into the gate area.