Narrative:

Waiting short of hold line 05R for departure, 05L closed, tower is talking to numerous aircraft in spanish. In my limited spanish can tell tower is clearing numerous aircraft to land. Looking across cockpit talking to first officer when outside his window appears an early 1960's small aircraft Y, faded red in color with mexican registration, approximately 100' to the right of our airplane parallel to us less then one wing span (30') off the ground in a 30-40 degree bank heading around our nose for the runway (05R) to land. Aircraft passed between us and runway, approximately 60' off our nose! Shocked, we contacted the tower who said they had cleared the aircraft to land but would not answer any other attempts by us to acquire information by radio! Why can't they speak english like most of the worlds ATC system?

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT AT HOLD LINE FOR RWY SEES SMA PASS IN CLOSE PROX LNDG ON RWY, TWR NOT SPEAKING IN ENGLISH.

Narrative: WAITING SHORT OF HOLD LINE 05R FOR DEP, 05L CLOSED, TWR IS TALKING TO NUMEROUS ACFT IN SPANISH. IN MY LIMITED SPANISH CAN TELL TWR IS CLRING NUMEROUS ACFT TO LAND. LOOKING ACROSS COCKPIT TALKING TO F/O WHEN OUTSIDE HIS WINDOW APPEARS AN EARLY 1960'S SMA Y, FADED RED IN COLOR WITH MEXICAN REGISTRATION, APPROX 100' TO THE R OF OUR AIRPLANE PARALLEL TO US LESS THEN ONE WING SPAN (30') OFF THE GND IN A 30-40 DEG BANK HDG AROUND OUR NOSE FOR THE RWY (05R) TO LAND. ACFT PASSED BTWN US AND RWY, APPROX 60' OFF OUR NOSE! SHOCKED, WE CONTACTED THE TWR WHO SAID THEY HAD CLRED THE ACFT TO LAND BUT WOULD NOT ANSWER ANY OTHER ATTEMPTS BY US TO ACQUIRE INFO BY RADIO! WHY CAN'T THEY SPEAK ENGLISH LIKE MOST OF THE WORLDS ATC SYS?

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.