Gol B738 at Buenos Aires on Mar 30th 2018, runway incursion

Last Update: March 30, 2018 / 20:53:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 30, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
G3-7658

Aircraft Registration
PR-GUY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GUY performing flight G3-7658 from Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA (Argentina) to Rio de Janeiro Galeao,RJ (Brazil), was cleared to hold short of Ezeiza's runway 35 but continued to taxi beyond the hold short line into position.

A Cessna was on short final when the Boeing crossed the hold short line prompting tower to instruct the Cessna to go around - the pilot complied with - and then tell the Boeing crew that they had not been cleared to enter the runway, the crew countered they had understood they were cleared to enter the runway 35 for backtracking correcting to they believed they were cleared to enter runway 35 to line up.

The Boeing departed shortly afterwards and landed in Rio without further incident, the Cessna landed safely on the second approach.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 30, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
G3-7658

Aircraft Registration
PR-GUY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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