As such, tow tugs are used to push aircraft from the gate and onto the taxiway. Pushback tugs are specially designed tractors that fit underneath the aircraft and onto the nose gear to move the ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - An aircraft tug hit and killed an American Airlines employee on the tarmac at Charlotte airport Monday, according to police reports. The deadly incident happened around 9: ...

A tyre exploded and flew off an aircraft tug on Tuesday as the machine was pulling ... the right front tyre on the towing tractor burst. Career and life planning classes not doing enough to ...