A343 / B763, Barcelona Spain, 2014

A343 / B763, Barcelona Spain, 2014

Summary

On 5 July 2014, an Airbus A340-300 taxiing for departure at Barcelona was cleared across an active runway in front of an approaching Boeing 767 with landing clearance on the same runway by a Ground Controller unaware that the runway was active. Sighting by both aircraft resulted in an accelerated crossing and a very low go around. The Investigation noted the twice-daily runway configuration change made due to noise abatement reasons was imminent. It was also noted that airport procedure involved use of stop bars even on inactive runways and that their operation was then the responsibility of ground controllers.

Description

On 5 July 2014, an Airbus A340-300 (LV-FPV) being operated by Aererolineas Argentinas on a scheduled passenger flight from Barcelona to Buenos Aires as ARG 1163 taxied across runway 02 en route to its departure runway in front of a Boeing 767-300 being operated by UTair on a passenger flight from Moscow Domodedovo to Barcelona which was on short final to land on the same runway. On sighting of the conflict, which occurred in day Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC), the 767 initiated a low go around as the A340 accelerated to expedite vacating the runway.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Spanish Civil Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Commission (CIAIAC). By the time the event was reported, "it was no longer possible to obtain information from the Flight Data Recorder (FDR)/Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of either aircraft". However all relevant ATC recordings were available and were considered sufficient.

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