CTLR REALIZES B747 ON SHORT FINAL HAS LINED UP TO LAND ON WRONG RWY AFTER CLRING B747 FOR TKOF ON SAME RWY.
Synopsis
CTLR REALIZES B747 ON SHORT FINAL HAS LINED UP TO LAND ON WRONG RWY AFTER CLRING B747 FOR TKOF ON SAME RWY.
Narrative
JFK LNDG VOR RWY 13L; DEPARTING RWY 13R. ACFT #1 CLRED TO LAND RWY 13L. ACFT #2 INSTRUCTED TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD RWY 13R; THEN CLRED FOR TKOF. AT THAT MOMENT; I OBSERVED ACFT #1 ON SHORT FINAL FOR RWY 13R. I INSTRUCTED ACFT #1 TO GO AROUND; WITH ACFT #2 EITHER OFF OR PARTIALLY ON RWY 13R. ACFT #2 HAD NOT BEGUN TKOF ROLL AND HAD STOPPED. I INSTRUCTED THEM TO HOLD POS. DURING ITS SECOND APCH; I CLRED ACFT #1 TO LAND RWY 13L. I PLACED ALL LIGHTS FOR RWY 13L ON STEP 5; AND TURNED OFF RWY 13R VASI. ACFT #1 AGAIN TURNED FINAL FOR RWY 13R. AS THERE WAS AN H/A310 IN POS ON RWY 13R; I INSTRUCTED ACFT #1 TO GO AROUND. ACFT #1 CREW APPEARED 'FLUSTERED;' AS THEY APPEARED TO TRACK HDG 090 DEGS WHEN INSTRUCTED TO TURN R 180 DEGS. DURING THIRD APCH; I KEPT ALL RWYS CLR AND ACFT LANDED RWY 13L. HISTORICALLY; FOREIGN CARRIERS HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH LANGUAGE BARRIERS -- ESPECIALLY ASIAN CARRIERS. FATIGUE RESULTING FROM 2 QUICK TURN-AROUNDS AND COMPLACENCY RESULTED IN MY NOT SCANNING THE FINAL WHEN CLRING ACFT #2 FOR TKOF. I PUT FALSE TRUST IN ACFT #1 DOING WHAT THEY WERE CLRED TO DO; WHICH OBVIOUSLY THEY DID NOT.
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