B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 24000; Flight Crew Type 3975
Ground Event / Encounter Object
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Returned To Gate; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Airport; Human Factors
On taxiout of the gate I made a left turn onto Charlie eastbound when two containers were blown off a truck by a B767 that was parking at the adjacent concourse.  One struck the side of our aircraft.  We shut down the engines and were towed back to the gate.  There were no injuries.
As they departed the gate the flight crew of a B737 noted that two containers blown off a truck by an aircraft parking across the alley from them bounced toward them and at least one struck their aircraft.  They returned to the gate for inspection.