Aeroflot A320 at Paris on Mar 8th 2018, runway incursion

Last Update: March 13, 2018 / 20:48:17 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 8, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-2454

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BKU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Aeroflot Airbus A320-200, registration VQ-BKU performing flight SU-2454 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), had landed on Charles de Gaulle's runway 27R and was instructed to hold short of runway 27L, which was read back correctly.

An Air Transat Airbus A330-200, registration C-GTSO performing flight TS-397 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Montreal,QC (Canada) with 308 passengers and 11 crew, was cleared for takeoff from runway 27L, the crew heard the instruction to SU-2454 to hold short of runway 27L and the correct readback before commencing their takeoff roll. While accelerating through 120 KIAS the Transat crew heard ATC query SU-2454 whether they had stopped, the Aeroflot crew responded they were holding short of runway 27L. When the Transat crew passed the A320 they saw the A320 at the wrong side of the hold short line. The takeoff was continued without further incident, the aircraft landed safely in Montral.

The Aeroflot continued taxi to the apron.

The Canadian TSB stated: "When TSC397 passed the Airbus 320, the flight crew observed that it had stopped on the wrong side of the hold line."
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 8, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-2454

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BKU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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