GLF4, Berlin Tegel Germany, 2007

GLF4, Berlin Tegel Germany, 2007

Summary

A Gulfstream 4 departing from Berlin at night with good surface visibility prevailing was cleared to taxi onto the parallel runway beyond the one in use for landing because both the GND and TWR controllers had incorrectly assumed the original parking position of the aircraft. Upon approaching the runway crossing, the Gulfstream 4 crew recognised a stream of approaching aircraft and held clear whilst (with difficulty) alerting the TWR controller to their implied crossing clearance. At this point the controller recognised the ATC error.

Description

On 12 January 2007, a Gulfstream G-IV being operated by the Swedish Air Force and about to depart with passengers for Bremen was cleared to cross an active landing runway at Berlin Tegel in normal night visibility when traffic had already been cleared to land on it after both the GND and TWR controllers had failed to establish where the aircraft had been parked and was thereafter located. The flight crew recognised that it would be inappropriate to proceed and stopped their aircraft.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the BFU Germany. ATC R/T recordings were available but by the time it was requested, the SMR recording covering the time of the event had been routinely deleted after ten days.

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