Aeromexico B38M at Mexico City on May 10th 2023, rejected takeoff after operational error
Last Update: May 18, 2023 / 13:23:52 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 10, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Aeromexico
Flight number
AM-117
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Aircraft Registration
N868AM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX
ICAO Type Designator
B38M
Tower had previously cleared a Viva Aerobus Airbus A321-200, registration XA-VBU performing flight VB-1503 from Nuevo Laredo to Mexico City (Mexico), to land on Mexico City's runway 23L, vacate the runway via taxiway B4 and hold short of runway 23R, which the crew complied with and held short of the runway for more than 4 minutes while several takeoffs commenced. While issuing a series of instructions to various aircraft it appears the tower controller misspoke a callsign seemingly clearing VB-1503 to cross the runway, the crew commenced crossing the runway. Shortly afterwards AM-117 was cleared for takeoff, the VB-1503 crew attempted to radio a warning they were just crossing the runway, the transmission however was partially blocked and not heard. The tower controller became aware of the VB-1503 on the runway and instructed AM-117 to reject takeoff still believing VB-1503 had crossed the runway without clearance.
AM-117 returned to the apron for a check and departed 4 hours after the rejected takeoff.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 10, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Aeromexico
Flight number
AM-117
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Aircraft Registration
N868AM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX
ICAO Type Designator
B38M
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