Canada B773 at Frankfurt on Feb 11th 2021, lined up runway without clearance
Last Update: February 24, 2021 / 19:24:00 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 11, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-873
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FIVR
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
The Canadian TSB reported: "During taxi in EDDF, Flight Crew received clearance instructions from tower during taxi out, flight crew read back clearance as taxi to position twice and was not corrected by controller. As crew took position on RWY 07C, tower advised crew they were not cleared to position. There was no conflicting traffic on Runway 07C."
The aircraft departed Frankfurt shortly afterwards and completed the flight without further incident.
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 11, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-873
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FIVR
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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