DURING CTLR RELIEF BRIEFING PROCESS; ONCOMING ORD LCL CTLR RECOGNIZES POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH LNDG AND XING RWY TFC; ISSUING CLRNCS TO RESOLVE THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT.
Synopsis
DURING CTLR RELIEF BRIEFING PROCESS; ONCOMING ORD LCL CTLR RECOGNIZES POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH LNDG AND XING RWY TFC; ISSUING CLRNCS TO RESOLVE THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT.
Narrative
ARPT CONFIGN: LNDG RWY 22R TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 27R FOR LNDG ACFT; LNDG RWY 27R; LNDG RWY 27L; DEPARTING RWY 22L; RWY 32L T10 INTXN; RWY 32R. AS AN ATCT FPL; I WAS RELIEVING ANOTHER FPL FROM THE N LCL CTL POS. THE ARR LIST (PAPER) WAS FOLDED UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT ONLY THE BOTTOM ACFT ON THE LIST WERE VISIBLE; NOT THE RWYS. AFTER ASSUMING POS; THE LNDG ACFT ON RWY 22R (B757) WAS IN MY FORWARD VIEW AND I SCANNED THE RADAR FOR THE NEXT RWY 27R ARR WHILE TELLING THE B757 TO 'TURN L AT TXWY C HIGH SPD AND CROSS RWY 27R AND TELL ME YOUR GATE NUMBER.' WHILE THE B757 WAS READING BACK INSTRUCTIONS AND TURNING ONTO TXWY C; THE MD80 CAME INTO VIEW HALFWAY DOWN RWY 27R. I IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK TO THE B757 AND TOLD HIM TO 'WAIT NOW AND FOLLOW THE MD80 FROM THE L AND THEN CROSS RWY 27R.' THE MD80 WAS THEN TOLD TO 'TURN L AT TXWY C AND CONTINUE ON TXWY B; THE ACFT FROM THE R WILL FOLLOW YOU.' THE B757 DID NOT CROSS ONTO RWY 27R AND THE AMASS DID NOT GO OFF. IT WAS A BAD OP BY NOT SCANNING THE 27R RWY AS WELL AS THE D-BRITE RADAR. NEITHER PLT COMMENTED ON THE SIT.
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