# NTSB Accident WPR09FA068
> **BOEING 757-351** · 2008-12-28 · Seattle, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR09FA068
- **Event ID:** 20081228X25156
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-12-28
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.449722, -122.311668
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 352
- **Total aboard:** 352
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BOEING
- **Model:** 757-351
- **Registration:** N585NW
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of the tug operator and wing walker of this airplane to maintain clearance with the other aircraft during the pushback process in dark night. Also causal was the ramp controller's misinterpretation of the other airplane's gate location and her improper clearance for both airplanes to simultaneously push back from nearly opposing gates.

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