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Airplane pushing vehicle
A pushback tractor connected to an aircraft

In aviation, pushback is an airport procedure in which an aircraft is pushed backwards from an airport gate by external power. Pushbacks are carried out by special, vehicles called pushback tractors or tugs.

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  • Aerotechnik.ev97a.eurostar.g-ccmp.arp

    Light aircraft can usually be moved by human power alone. Here, this Aerotechnik EV-97A Eurostar is being pulled into position for refueling

  • Pushback tug carrying a towbar

    Photo shows a pushback tug with a towbar on the apron.

  • Airbus A340-313X, Lufthansa, Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA FRF EDDF), 18.04.09 (5590387320)

    A towbarless tug at Frankfurt Airport transporting a Lufthansa Airbus A340-300

  • Pins for pushback

    Towbars are used to connect the tractor to the aircraft.

  • KLM 777 pushback

    A KLM Boeing 777 being pushed back from a gate at Narita International Airport

  • Tow truck ekch

    Pushback tug with the towbar behind

  • KLM Pushback tractor and ground power unit

    Towbarless tractor

  • ILA 2008 PD 542

    Towbarless tractor for smaller aircraft

  • T813 6x6 civil

    A Tatra T813 6x6 Airport tug

  • Pushback tractor in front of Easyjet A319

    A tug ready to push back an EasyJet Airbus A319

  • Unimog pushback

    A Unimog being used as a pushback tractor

  • Aircraft towing, SE-LTU Saab 2000

    A Saab 2000 being towed by a small tow tractor at Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport

  • De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk (G-AKDN) ground handled at Fairford 7Jul2016 arp

    de Havilland Chipmunk manually ground handled at the 2016 Royal International Air Tattoo, England

  • Batik air pk-lum pushback

    An Indonesia Batik air A320 on pushback at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport

  • BelAZ 74271 aircraft tractor 2

    BelAZ 74271 airport tug with double cab

  • Towbarless Aircraft tug NadHaf IAF Equipment

    Towbarless tug (NadHaf) for fighter aircraft in Israeli Air Force

See also

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