S7 A320 at Dubai on Apr 19th 2014, runway incursion

Last Update: May 7, 2014 / 00:24:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 19, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
S7-866

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BES

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A S7 Sibir Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration VQ-BES performing flight S7-866 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Novosibirsk (Russia), was taxiing for departure instructed to hold short of holding point MIKE 2 (about 3220 meters/10570 feet down runway 30R, about 370 meters/1200 feet short of the runway end of runway 30R), however went past the holding point and entered runway 30R.

The BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that a Boeing 777 was taking off on the active runway 30R at that time at 18:34L (14:34Z). The Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates is investigating the runway incursion rated a serious incident.

According to radar data an Emirates Boeing 777-200 registration A6-EMG performing flight EK-602 from Dubai to Karachi (Pakistan) was departing runway 30R at about 18:34L.

On May 6th 2014 it became known to The Aviation Herald, that an Emirates Boeing 777-200 freighter, registration A6-EFK performing freight flight EK-9891 from Dubai to Seoul (South Korea), was accelerating for takeoff from runway 30R at about 18:39L (14:39Z) when air traffic control instructed the aircraft to stop (due to the Airbus A320 taxiing past the hold short line). The crew rejected takeoff at high speed (about 90 knots) and slowed safely. A6-EFK taxied back to the holding point of runway 30R and departed about 5 minutes later. An observer on the ground reported that a few minutes later Dubai police cars were racing across the aerodrome obviously to check with the crew of the Airbus A320.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 19, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
S7-866

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BES

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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