AN ACR CREW MAY HAVE TAXIED ONTO A RWY WITHOUT CLRNC AT MMMX.
Synopsis
AN ACR CREW MAY HAVE TAXIED ONTO A RWY WITHOUT CLRNC AT MMMX.
Narrative
ACR 1 FLT LANDED MMMX ON RWY 5R. WE EXITED RWY 5R; L ONTO TXWY E TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 5L. TWR ON 118.1 CLRED TO CROSS RWY 5L AND CONTACT GND CTL ON 121.0. GND CLRED US ON TXWY B THEN INTO TXWY C THEN BACK TO TXWY B (THERE WERE MANY CONSTRUCTION AREAS ON THE RAMP). AS WE WERE ALMOST PAST B7; GND ASKED US TO MAKE A L TURN ONTO B7 AND THEN BACK-TAXI ON RWY 5L TO GET TO GATE X. WE MADE A VERY SHARP TURN ONTO B7. AS WE APCHED RWY 5L; THERE WAS AN ACR 2 SWBOUND (TAXIING) ON RWY 5L; JUST PAST E2. THERE WERE 2 ACR ACFT XING RWY 5L AT B3 (OFF TO OUR R). WE TURNED R ON RWY 5L AND PROCEEDED SW TO TXWY B6. WHEN WE WERE ALMOST TO B6; GND CTL SAID 'ACR 1; YOU WERE NOT CLRED ON THE RWY; YOU ARE NOW CLRED ON THE RWY; EXIT AT THE NEXT TXWY.' WE CONTINUED TO GATE X WITHOUT ANY PROBS. SINCE WE WERE THE ONLY ACFT THAT GND CTL WAS ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS TO IN ENGLISH; WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT OTHER ACFT WERE BEING INSTRUCTED. THE DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING GND CTL'S ENGLISH AND THE BUSY FREQ (MOSTLY IN SPANISH) MADE THIS DIFFICULT AT BEST.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.