France B773 at Mexico City on Apr 12th 2021, runway incursion
Last Update: May 6, 2021 / 16:17:32 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 12, 2021
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway incursion
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-179
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Aircraft Registration
F-GZNC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
At that time an Aeromexico Connect Embraer ERJ-190, registration XA-FAC performing flight AM-2538 from Mexico City to San Luis Potosi (Mexico), was accelerating for takeoff from runway 05L and rejected takeoff at low speed (about 50 knots over ground) as result of the runway incursion. The aircraft vacated the runway via taxiway B4 about 150 meters/500 feet past the displaced runway threshold. The aircraft returned to the apron.
The Air France Boeing departed runway 05R about 48 minutes after the runway incursion.
Maxico's AIB rated the occurrence an incident and opened an investigation.
The AIB in their initial notification however misidentified runway 05R as the runway where the incursion occurred and XA-MAC as the aircraft that rejected takeoff. Mode-S data indicate XA-MAC departed runway 05L at 02:48Z, did not reject takeoff and began taxi after F-GZNC had crossed both runways 05L and 05R. Mode-S data also show that XA-FAC rejected takeoff from runway 05L at 02:10Z exactly at the time when F-GZNC crossed runway 05L. Mode-S data further reveal that the Air France Boeing stopped between the two runways for almost 20 minutes before crossing runway 05R still at taxiway B6 at 02:30Z, then turned right towards the threshold of runway 05R and departed at 02:58Z.
Metars:
MMMX 130345Z 02009KT 10SM FEW030 SCT080 21/06 A3025 NOSIG RMK 8/430 HZY=
MMMX 130248Z 03005KT 10SM SCT030 BKN080 21/06 A3023 NOSIG RMK SLP049 52026 914 8/430 HZY=
MMMX 130148Z 32008KT 7SM SCT030 BKN080 22/05 A3020 NOSIG RMK 8/430 HZY MDT CU S=
MMMX 130052Z 13007KT 7SM SCT025CB BKN080 BKN200 23/04 A3016 NOSIG RMK 8/963 HZY PCPN WSW-NNW=
MMMX 130012Z 20005G20KT 6SM SCT025CB BKN080 OVC200 24/02 A3015 NOSIG RMK 8/963 HZY TSE57=
MMMX 122344Z 24010KT 7SM TS SCT025CB BKN080 OVC200 25/03 A3014 NOSIG RMK SLP007 52001 910 8/963 HZY VC PCPN NNE-E=
MMMX 122335Z 22010KT 7SM TS SCT025CB BKN080 OVC200 25/02 A3013 NOSIG RMK 8/963 HZY OCNL DROPS VC PCPN NNE-E TSB33=
MMMX 122242Z 20012KT 5SM BKN030 BKN200 26/02 A3011 NOSIG RMK 8/203 HZY DSNT CB S-SSW=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 12, 2021
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway incursion
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-179
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Aircraft Registration
F-GZNC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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