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nath
Nice one. Take away all pilots cell phones and cameras.
Okinawamike
"Hawaiian Airlines began flying to Japan last November".
Well they are new to Japan and did not look right instead of left before crossing the street.
"captain had acknowledged an instruction from the tower to stand by but still taxied to the runway".
Big, Big mistake, how many could have had their last day on earth because of this "close call"?
Novenachama
This seems to be a case in which the exchange of communication between a pilot and air traffic controller, to say the least made the clearance probably very difficult to copy. Therefore a error occurred and quite often it is due to the cognitive demand placed on a crew member which can be significant because it usually involves a memory related error. This type of of insidious memory error can create benign mistakes or in some cases a life-threatening event. However there are cases where it's a combination of a noisy cockpit with an air traffic controller reading you this clearance at lightening speed.
sumgai
Actually ATCs in Japan read out the instructions very clearly so there shouldn't be any misunderstanding. I only like the airplanes to work on autopilot, not the pilots.
yildiray
I would say forgetting what "stop, you are not cleared for take off" means is a pretty big memory related error!
some14some
Near-miss, it happened in Japan and report is coming from Honolulu ?! went unnoticed by Kyodo/Jiji press?
Gurukun
Da' one plane go stay go, da addah plane go stay come, no beeg deal, braddah.
As for following directions, Nah, braddah.... da' pilot only know da' kine pigen english, an den.
CrazyJoe
In Japan and any other country, airplanes must keep to the right under international law.
presto345
The Tenerife Air Disaster in 1977 is the deadliest to go on record and was (partly?) caused by communication problems. A near miss like this is a very serious incident.
hoserfella
presto - I only have a passing interest in these things, but the Tenarife disaster was the sole responsibility of the KLM pilot for ignoring instructions cause he was an arrogant a**hole and was tired of waiting. His own co-pilot tried (in vain) to stop him.
Fadamor
Runway incursions like this one became such a problem in the States that last decade the FAA started emphasizing clear instructions when a runway was involved. If you weren't sure what was said you stayed put until you WERE sure. Once the audio of the exchange between the Tower Controller and the plane is listened to, it should be fairly simple to determine who dropped the ball on this one. Odds are it will be the Hawaiian Airlines crew.
YuriOtani
Mistakes happen, there is no need to insult the flight crews. All it takes is a little static and the pilots hear wrong. That is what happened at Tenarife, KLM pilot thought he had permission to take off. We need to learn from these mistakes and try and not repeat them.
Jared Norman
Hawaiian airlines has one of the best safety records, this was just a honest mistake
presto345
@hoserfella
Although you assert you have only a passing interest you seem to have made up your mind about what happened. News of the crash scared the hell out of me as I had just flown to Japan from the Netherlands with KLM at the time. Many reports have been written about the crash and what led up to them. The disaster certainly was not the sole responsibility of the captain. You would not draw that conclusion if you had had access to the full reports or had done a little more reading up.
nandakandamanda
I used to teach English in a control tower to air traffic controllers.
Some horror stories they told me stemming from different understandings of the English language. I can see similar happening here too...
eg "OK. Turn right at the next taxiway.... "
"No, no, no, not this one, the next one!!!" ...ad nauseam.
hoserfella
@presto - Not long ago I watched a 1 hour documentary on the Tenarife disaster on TV. While the co-pilot may have had some initial confusion with tower instructions, he knew enough to tell the pilot they didn't have approval for take-off. The pilot was arrogant and impatient, enough so to make the co-pilot think twice about crossing him. So while il admit that maybe he didnt share all responsibility, I'd say 90%.