Widebody Transport
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Communication Breakdown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird
Human Factors; Procedure
Process of push back and engine start; after engines were noted stable; Captain called for taxi and released the brakes and the aircraft began to roll as he ask the First Officer (FO) did you see a wave off on your side? (FO) immediately commanded STOP; STOP; and applied the brakes stopping the aircraft because of tug and personnel were still present under the aircraft and tug visible under the FO window. Tug then began to pull away and push back crew came out from under the aircraft and administered the wave off with no indication of injury or equipment damage.
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Air carrier flight crew reported a breakdown in communications with the ground pushback crew during the disconnect phase.