B737-700
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 484
Physiological - Other
Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Procedure; Equipment / Tooling; Human Factors
The pushback tug that pushed us had extremely bright LED lights. They were positioned in a way that when the tow bar was disconnected and they reversed away from the aircraft; both the Captain and I accidentally looked directly into the lights as they came into view. We both remarked that we had some lasting visual effects that took a couple of minutes to resolve. The tug should have eyebrows over the lights as to prevent blinding the flight crew. The lights could also have a lower intensity or angled toward the ground.
B737 First Officer reported the pushback tug had very bright lights that affected night vision.