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B767 flight crew reports misunderstanding a taxi clearance to cross the active runway after the traffic on final as a clearance to cross now at limc.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1188266 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201407 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LIMC.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying Relief Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 955 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
We landed on 35R; taxied clear and were given instructions to taxi on charlie to delta mike and hold short of 35L. While holding short I attempted to contact mxp operations to confirm our gate assignment. After numerous unsuccessful attempts I rejoined the crew as we were taxing across 35L. It was at that time that mxp tower questioned our actions. From what I understand from discussions with PF and pm; tower asked our flight if we had traffic on final in sight. We acknowledged but misunderstood very confusing terminology and taxied across 35L. Since I was not on frequency I can not state what exactly was communicated by tower.the lesson for me is to remain on frequency along with both the pm and PF until clear of all runways. Not having a gate assignment and the inability to communicate with ops kept me off frequency longer than I should have been. I made a judgment call to leave the tower frequency and attempt contact with ops since we were stopped and holding short of an active runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767 flight crew reports misunderstanding a taxi clearance to cross the active runway after the traffic on final as a clearance to cross now at LIMC.
Narrative: We landed on 35R; taxied clear and were given instructions to taxi on Charlie to Delta Mike and hold short of 35L. While holding short I attempted to contact MXP operations to confirm our gate assignment. After numerous unsuccessful attempts I rejoined the crew as we were taxing across 35L. It was at that time that MXP Tower questioned our actions. From what I understand from discussions with PF and PM; Tower asked our flight if we had traffic on final in sight. We acknowledged but misunderstood very confusing terminology and taxied across 35L. Since I was not on frequency I can not state what exactly was communicated by Tower.The lesson for me is to remain on frequency along with both the PM and PF until clear of all runways. Not having a gate assignment and the inability to communicate with Ops kept me off frequency longer than I should have been. I made a judgment call to leave the Tower frequency and attempt contact with ops since we were stopped and holding short of an active runway.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.