Air carrier First Officer reported executing a rejected takeoff at HNL when a military transport on a missed approach conflicted with their planned initial climb path.

Date: 2022-05 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|critical

Synopsis

Air carrier First Officer reported executing a rejected takeoff at HNL when a military transport on a missed approach conflicted with their planned initial climb path.

Narrative

Our flight from HNL started out pretty normal and remained that way all the way to the departure runway of 8R. As we were taxiing out; we were instructed to hold short of 8L on Taxiway Juliet. From this angle; I had an excellent view of all the aircraft on final for Runway 8L. Once the parking brake was set; I made mention of multiple military aircraft. After one of the military aircraft cleared the area; we were cleared to cross 8L and continue our taxi to Runway 8R. Before reaching Runway 8R; Tower cleared us for takeoff. Once on the runway; we immediately started our takeoff roll. I was performing the duties of the pilot monitoring; and about to make my call for 80 kts.; when the Tower told us to discontinue the takeoff. We both heard the call and stopped the aircraft immediately. Tower instructions that followed were to taxi left R3 then then left again at Taxiway R and hold short of J. Once at a complete stop; the Captain asked me to make a PA and talk with the flight attendants and inform them of the situation. The Captain was busy talking with maintenance control about the high energy stop we had just done. Maintenance Control determined we should return to the gate for an inspection. While the Captain was talking to Maintenance Control; Tower called and told me the reason for the aborted takeoff. It was for an Aircraft Y that had done a low missed approach and turned out to the right directly in front of us. I acknowledge the situation with Tower. We knew what had happened because we saw the Aircraft Y coming across our runway after we had stopped.I heard the Captain repeat the instructions from Maintenance Control to return to the gate; so I contacted Operations and informed them we would be returning for an inspection. Once at the gate; when shut down had been completed; the Captain got up to do a PA from the interphone next to the boarding door. Upon completion of his PA; he greeted the maintenance personnel and talked through the situation. The inspection was completed and the logbook was signed off and we departed with no further incident.I believe the safe conclusion to the whole scenario can be chalked up to a few critical things that occurred. First; I had pointed out the number and type of aircraft that were on final for Runway 8L. This increased our situational awareness when the abort was called for because we had a good idea of the situation that was unfolding. Secondly; the quick reaction of the Tower to call the abort when he did was critical. Lastly; the Captain's quick reaction to start the aborted takeoff was prompt and well executed. Had we missed hearing the call from Tower due to my calls on the takeoff roll; I do believe we would have occupied the same airspace at the same time as the Aircraft Y. This very dangerous situation was handled in a completely professional manner on a seemingly routine day by everyone involved maintaining vigilance and having good situational awareness.I am not sure anyone did anything wrong it was just bad timing. With that said adding to the brief a missed approach could lead to a rejected takeoff.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.