Taxi

Manoeuvring on the ground under the aircraft's own power. The phase where runway incursions happen. Pushback and towing are recorded as Ground, not Taxi.

A runway incursion, meaning an aircraft, vehicle or person on a runway without clearance, is the ground counterpart to a mid-air collision, and it has produced the deadliest accident in aviation history. Investigations look at signage, lighting, low-visibility procedures, controller workload and readback discipline.

Movement under a tug, whether pushback from the gate or a repositioning tow, is not taxiing: the crew is not controlling the aircraft and the hazards belong to the ramp rather than the manoeuvring area. Those occurrences sit under Ground.

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