Air carrier flight crew reports being cleared to taxi via U and Z to runway 22R cross runway 11-29. ...

Attributes
ACN	1222152
Time
Date	201412
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 270 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 170 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 6000
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Night VMC standard newark taxi out. We were contacted by ewr ground and told to taxi to runway 22R full lenght via taxiway uniform; cross runway 11; right turn on zulu. First officer (first officer) copied and read back the clearance and I verbalized it to her. Approaching runway 11 I cleared and called 'clear left' and started turning my head right. The first officer did not immediately call 'clear right;' and as I got my head turned to the 1 to 2 o'clock position I saw a plane on runway 29. I started braking the aircraft. Coincidence with my braking the international relief officer in the right international relief officer seat called out 'hold short.' we came to a complete stop short of the runway 29 hold line and just in time to watch a gulfstream jet get airborne in front of us; i.e. Abeam taxiway uniform. At about the same time ewr ground transmitted 'callsign heavy hold short.' I don't recall if she gave a runway number or not but we all knew what she meant. Naturally some flight deck conversation occurred about our clearance and we all agreed that we had been cleared to cross runway 11. When cleared to continue to taxi I asked the ewr ground controller if she was aware of the conflict? The controller; the same one who had cleared us to taxi originally answered 'yes' in a very composed voice. I told her that we would be filing a report. No further issues.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reports being cleared to taxi via U and Z to Runway 22R cross Runway 11-29. Approaching Runway 11-29 an aircraft is detected taking off on Runway 29 and the reporting Captain stops before the hold line as a Gulfstream rotates abeam Taxiway U.

Narrative: Night VMC standard Newark taxi out. We were contacted by EWR GROUND and told to taxi to RWY 22R FULL LENGHT VIA TAXIWAY UNIFORM; CROSS RUNWAY 11; RIGHT TURN ON ZULU. First Officer (FO) copied and read back the clearance and I verbalized it to her. Approaching RWY 11 I cleared and called 'clear left' and started turning my head right. The FO did not immediately call 'clear right;' and as I got my head turned to the 1 to 2 o'clock position I saw a plane on RWY 29. I started braking the aircraft. Coincidence with my braking the IRO in the right IRO seat called out 'hold short.' We came to a complete stop short of the RWY 29 hold line and just in time to watch a Gulfstream jet get airborne in front of us; i.e. abeam taxiway Uniform. At about the same time EWR Ground transmitted 'CALLSIGN HEAVY HOLD SHORT.' I don't recall if she gave a runway number or not but we all knew what she meant. Naturally some flight deck conversation occurred about our clearance and we all agreed that we had been cleared to cross RWY 11. When cleared to continue to taxi I asked the EWR ground controller if she was aware of the conflict? The controller; the same one who had cleared us to taxi originally answered 'yes' in a very composed voice. I told her that we would be filing a report. No further issues.

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.

Air carrier flight crew reports being cleared to taxi via U and Z to runway 22R cross runway 11-29. Approaching runway 11-29 an aircraft is detected taking off on runway 29 and the reporting captain stops before the hold line as a gulfstream rotates abeam taxiway U.