2001-10 · NASA ASRS report 528615
A B757 CREW AT CARACAS (CCS) FOLLOWED TWR'S INSTRUCTIONS; TAXIED ONTO THE RWY AND STARTED TKOF ROLL. TWR CANCELED TKOF CLRNC AND HAD LNDG TFC MAKE A GAR.
PUSHBACK AND TAXI FROM GATE NORMAL. AT THE HOLDING POINT OF RWY 9; TWR ADVISED US OF A 4 MIN DELAY DUE TO ENRTE SPACING. AFTER 4 MINS; TWR CHANGED OUR DEP FROM MARES 1 TO REKON 3. WE CHANGED DEP AND TOLD TO POS AND HOLD AFTER LNDG TFC. WE COMPLIED; BUT QUESTIONED TFC ON FINAL AS TO WHERE HE WAS LNDG. THE TFC SEEMED TOO CLOSE FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH TKOF PRIOR TO LNDG TFC CLRING. TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF AND AS SOON AS PWR UP TO 80% AND BRAKE RELEASE; TWR CANCELED OUR TKOF CLRNC AND SENT THE OTHER TFC AROUND. PRIOR TO GOING INTO POS; FO QUESTIONED TWR AS TO WHAT RWY THE TFC WAS LNDG ON SINCE LNDG CLRNC WAS GIVEN IN SPANISH. TWR MUMBLED SOMETHING ABOUT THE RIGHT AND THAT'S WHY I WENT INTO POS AND HOLD. PROB #1: CHANGING DEP ON US AS WE WERE TOLD TO POS AND HOLD. PROB #2: ALL COMS WITH OTHER ACFT WERE IN SPANISH AND THEREFORE WE WERE KEPT OUT OF THE LOOP AS FAR AS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF WHAT OTHER ACFT ARE DOING; THEIR CLRNCS. PROB #3: CTLR ENGLISH POOR AT BEST. WE ASKED WHAT HE WAS DOING WITH ACFT ON FINAL AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT HE WAS TOLD. IF THE CTLRS USE OF ENGLISH ON CONSTANT BASIS; THEY JUST MIGHT GET BETTER AT IT. LESSON LEARNED: IF IT DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT -- IT PROBABLY ISN'T. SHOULD HAVE HELD SHORT EVEN IF CLRED INTO POS BECAUSE ACFT ON FINAL SEEMED CLOSER THAN REQUIRED TO CONDUCT SAFE TKOF.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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