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Reports relating to accidents and Serious Incidents involving a Runway Incursion. Reports are organised according to the nature of the incursion and may appear in more than one sub-category.

Departing Aircraft - Active Runway Occupancy Contrary to ATC Clearance

  • A320 / CRJ2, Sofia Bulgaria, 2007 (AGC RI HF): On 13 April 2007 an Airbus A320, operated by Air France, in VMC with line training in progress, entered an active runway for take-off without ATC clearance at Sofia Airport. Consequently a CRJ-200 on short final with a valid ATC clearance was instructed to go around.
  • AS32 / B734, Aberdeen UK, 2000 (AGC RI HF): On 27 July 2000, at Aberdeen UK, a British Airways B737 was forced to make a high speed rejected takeoff when a hovering AS332 helicopter moved without ATC clearance to a position 30 feet above the upwind end of the takeoff runway during the B737's take off roll.
  • B190 / B190, Auckland NZ, 2007 (AGC RI HF): On 1 August 2007, the crew of a Beech 1900 aircraft holding on an angled taxiway at Auckland International Airport mistakenly accepted the take-off clearance for another aircraft that was waiting on the runway and which had a somewhat similar call sign. The pilots of both aircraft read back the clearance. The aerodrome controller heard, but did not react to, the crossed transmissions. The holding aircraft entered the runway in front of the cleared aircraft, which had commenced its take-off. The pilots of both aircraft took avoiding action and stopped on the runway without any damage or injury. Contributory factors were the non-adherence to standard procedures for radiotelephony (RTF) use and the issue of an air traffic clearance, the use of an angled taxiway for runway entry, and the captain of the aircraft entering the runway not seeing the aircraft already lined up on the runway.
  • B763 / B763, Kansai Japan, 2007 (RI AGC): On 20 October 2007, at night, a Boeing 767-300 operated by Air Canada was taxiing for Runway 24L at Kansai International Airport for take-off. Meanwhile, another Boeing 767-300, operated by Japan Airlines, had been given landing clearance and was on approach to the same runway. After an incorrect readback, the Air Canada B767 entered the runway to line up. As a consequence of the runway incursion, the B767 on approach executed a go-around on the instructions of air traffic control.

Taxying Aircraft - Active Runway Occupancy Contrary to ATC Clearance

  • B737 / A332, Seatle-Tacoma WA USA, 2008 (RI HF): On 2 July 2008, at night in VMC at the Seattle - Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, Washington, a Boeing 737-700 crossed an active runway without clearance while an Airbus 330 took off from the same runway. The B737, which had taxied onto the runway after landing on a parallel runway, missed the airborne A330 by 425 feet vertically.
  • B742 / A320, Frankfurt Germany, 2006 (AGC RI): On 12 January 2006, after a night landing at Frankfurt, a Boeing 747-200 failed to follow ATC taxi instructions and entered another active runway, crossing in front of a landing Airbus 320-200.
  • B747 / B747, Chicago O'Hare USA, 1999 (RI): On 1 April 1999, two Boeing 747s nearly collided on Rwy 14R at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport, USA when an aircraft which had just landed and cleared the runway failed to follow its taxi clearance and taxied back onto the active runway in front of another B747 on its take off roll. The departing aircraft rotated early, narrowly avoiding collision.
  • C551 / B738, Oslo Gardermoen Norway, 2006 (RI HF): On a 7 September 2006, a Cessna 551 Citation, operated by Triple Alpha Luftfartgesellschaft, in normal visibility conditions entered the active runway at Oslo Gardermoen Airport, Norway without a valid ATC clearance. As result of the runway incursion, the ATC instructed a Boeing 737-800 to reject its take off thereby removing the risk of collision.

Towed Aircraft - Active Runway Occupancy Contrary to ATC Clearance

currently no examples in the SKYbrary A&SI listings

ATC Clearance Limit Exceeded

  • D328 / SB20, London City UK, 1999 (RI HF): On 15 April 1999, a Dornier 328 operated by Scot Airways was cleared to the holding point of RWY28 at London City. The Dornier 328 crossed the holding point while a Saab 2000 was decelerating after landing on the same runway and the separation between the two aircraft was reduced to 10 meters as the landing aircraft passed. The runway incursion was subsequently attributed to distraction.

ATC Conditional Clearance not Followed

  • AT45 / B733, Munich Germany, 2004 (RI HF): During the hours of darkness at Munich on 3 May 2004, an ATR42-500 was given a conditional line up clearance for Runway 08R but contrary to this clearance then taxied onto that runway as a Boeing 737-300 was landing on it. The landing aircraft missed the right wingtip of the ATR-42, which continued taxing onto the runway as it approached, by “a few metres”.
  • C340 / A332, Copenhagen Denmark, 2003 (RI HF): On 8 September 2003, at Copenhagen, Denmark, a daytime taxy error by a Cessna 340 led to a runway incursion. The incident was partially attributed to poor taxiway designation and signage.
  • DHC6 / E145, Glasgow UK, 2006 (RI HF): On 29 August 2006, at Glasgow UK, a DHC-6 taxied onto an active runway, ahead of an approaching ERJ145, contrary to a conditional runway crossing clearance.

ATC Clearance Given in Error or Misjudged

  • SF34 / B190, Auckland NZ, 2007 (RI): On 29 May 2007, a Saab 340 aircraft that was holding on an angled taxiway at Auckland International Airport was inadvertently cleared to line up in front of a landing Raytheon 1900D. The aerodrome controller transmitted an amended clearance, but the transmission crossed with that of the Saab crew reading back the line-up clearance. The pilots of both aircraft took action to avoid a collision and stopped on the runway without any damage or injury. Contributory factors were the local procedure for the handling of flight progress strips for departing traffic; the use of multiple taxiways, including angled taxiways, for runway entry; and the captain of the aircraft entering the runway not seeing the landing traffic.
  • B732 / A321, Manchester UK, 2004 (RI HF): On 29 February 2004, a Ryanair B737 crossed the take off runway, in accordance with ATC clearance, without noticing an A321 accelerating on its take off roll, also in accordance with an ATC instruction. The A321 aborted its takeoff and collision was avoided.
  • B738 / 744, Los Angeles USA, 2004 (RI HF): On 19 August 2004, a Boeing 747-400 operated by Asiana Airlines, was given a landing clearance for runway 24L at Los Angeles (LAX). At the same time, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Southwest Airlines was given line up and wait instruction for the same runway. The B744 initiated a go-around as the crew spotted the B738 on the runway.
  • B762 / A310, Toronto Canada, 2001 (RI HF): On 23 October 2001, at Toronto Pearson Airport, a B767 cleared for take-off was forced to reject the take-off when a tractor towing an A310 crossed the runway ahead of it. The tractor had been cleared to cross the active runway by ATC.
  • B763 / B744, Amsterdam Netherlands, 1998 (RI HF): On 10 December 1998, the crew of a Delta airlines Boeing 767-300, which had been cleared for take-off on Rwy 24 at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, in low visibility conditions, observed a Boeing 747 being towed across the runway ahead of them. The take off was aborted and the aircraft brought to a halt before reaching the B747 which had also been cleared to cross the same runway.
  • B763 / B772, Chitose Japan, 2007 (RI HF): On 27 June 2007, a Boeing 767-300 operated by Skymark Airlines rejected its take off from Runway 19R at New Chitose Airport after observing another aircraft crossing the same runway ahead of them. The other aircraft, a Boeing 777-200, operated by All Nippon Airways, was crossing Runway 19R after having landed on Runway 19L and been cleared to cross 19R at the same time as the B763 was given clearance to take off.
  • GLF4, Berlin Tegel Germany, 2007 (RI HF): On 12 January 2007, a Gulfstream G-IV operated by the Swedish Air Force, nearly crossed an active landing runway at night with landing traffic imminent at Berlin-Tegel Airport. An inappropriate taxi clearance had been given to the aircraft by ATC due to both inadequate situational awareness and coordination between Ground and Tower positions. The crew questioned the ATC instructions several times, and this led to the stopping of the aircraft before it crossed the holding point of the active runway.

Runway Incursions in Low Visibility Procedures

  • CRJ7 / C172, Lehigh Valley, Allentown PA USA, 2008 (RI HF): On 19 September 2008, at Lehigh Valley Airport, Allentown PA, at night, a CRJ-700 operated by Mesa Air Shuttle, with a valid take-off clearance, carried out a high speed rejected take off when a white navigation light was seen ahead on the runway. The runway was occupied by a previously landed Cessna 172 which, during the take-off roll of CRJ7, had advised the tower controller that it had “missed its turnoff”. An approximate 10 feet clearance between the two aircraft was reported.
  • MD87 / C525, Milan Linate, 2001 (WX RI FIRE HF): On 8th October 2001, in thick fog at Milan Linate airport, Italy, an MD87 on its take-off roll collided with a Cessna Citation which had taxied onto the active runway. All 114 occupants of both aircraft, and 4 personnel on the ground, were killed.
  • B742 / B741, Los Rodeos Tenerife, 1977 (RI AGC WX): On 27 March 1977, a KLM B747-200 commenced its daylight take off at Los Rodeos airport, Tenerife in very poor visibility, recorded as 300 metres three minutes earlier, after receiving only a departure clearance and continuing the take off roll even after ATC advised "standby for take off". Collision with a Pan American Airways Boeing 747-100 which was taxiing on the runway in accordance with its ATC clearance issued on the same radio frequency. All 248 people on board the KLM aircraft died and only 61 of the 396 people on board the Pan American aircraft survived.

Runway Incursions at Night

  • B763 / B763, Kansai Japan, 2007 (RI AGC): On 20 October 2007, at night, a Boeing 767-300 operated by Air Canada was taxiing for Runway 24L at Kansai International Airport for take-off. Meanwhile, another Boeing 767-300, operated by Japan Airlines, had been given landing clearance and was on approach to the same runway. After an incorrect readback, the Air Canada B767 entered the runway to line up. As a consequence of the runway incursion, the B767 on approach executed a go-around on the instructions of air traffic control.
  • B737 / A332, Seatle-Tacoma WA USA, 2008 (RI HF): On 2 July 2008, at night in VMC at the Seattle - Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, Washington, a Boeing 737-700 crossed an active runway without clearance while an Airbus 330 took off from the same runway. The B737, which had taxied onto the runway after landing on a parallel runway, missed the airborne A330 by 425 feet vertically.
  • B742 / A320, Frankfurt Germany, 2006 (AGC RI): On 12 January 2006, after a night landing at Frankfurt, a Boeing 747-200 failed to follow ATC taxi instructions and entered another active runway, crossing in front of a landing Airbus 320-200.
  • AT45 / B733, Munich Germany, 2004 (RI HF): During the hours of darkness at Munich on 3 May 2004, an ATR42-500 was given a conditional line up clearance for Runway 08R but contrary to this clearance then taxied onto that runway as a Boeing 737-300 was landing on it. The landing aircraft missed the right wingtip of the ATR-42, which continued taxing onto the runway as it approached, by “a few metres”.
  • GLF4, Berlin Tegel Germany, 2007 (RI HF): On 12 January 2007, a Gulfstream G-IV operated by the Swedish Air Force, nearly crossed an active landing runway at night with landing traffic imminent at Berlin-Tegel Airport. An inappropriate taxi clearance had been given to the aircraft by ATC due to both inadequate situational awareness and coordination between Ground and Tower positions. The crew questioned the ATC instructions several times, and this led to the stopping of the aircraft before it crossed the holding point of the active runway.
  • CRJ7 / C172, Lehigh Valley, Allentown PA USA, 2008 (RI HF): On 19 September 2008, at Lehigh Valley Airport, Allentown PA, at night, a CRJ-700 operated by Mesa Air Shuttle, with a valid take-off clearance, carried out a high speed rejected take off when a white navigation light was seen ahead on the runway. The runway was occupied by a previously landed Cessna 172 which, during the take-off roll of CRJ7, had advised the tower controller that it had “missed its turnoff”. An approximate 10 feet clearance between the two aircraft was reported.
  • B733 / B744, Chicago IL USA, 2006 (RI HF): On 23 July 2006, a Boeing B737-300 operated by United Airlines executed an early rotation during a night take off when a Boeing 747 operated by Atlas Air was observed on a landing roll on an intersecting runway at Chicago O’Hare Airport. The occurrence is attributed to ATC error.

Runway Incursions from RET

  • B747 / B747, Chicago O'Hare USA, 1999 (RI): On 1 April 1999, two Boeing 747s nearly collided on Rwy 14R at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport, USA when an aircraft which had just landed and cleared the runway failed to follow its taxi clearance and taxied back onto the active runway in front of another B747 on its take off roll. The departing aircraft rotated early, narrowly avoiding collision.

Intersecting Runway Operations

  • B733 / B744, Chicago IL USA, 2006 (RI HF): On 23 July 2006, a Boeing B737-300 operated by United Airlines executed an early rotation during a night take off when a Boeing 747 operated by Atlas Air was observed on a landing roll on an intersecting runway at Chicago O’Hare Airport. The occurrence is attributed to ATC error.
  • CRJ1 / A320, Baltimore MD USA, 2007 (RI HF): On 2 December 2007, at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, after controller, error a CRJ-100 operated by Comair with a valid take-off clearance missed by 400 ft vertically and 400 ft horizontally an Airbus A320 which just landed with also valid clearance on an intersecting runway.

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