Corp flight crew at foreign airport taxies without clearance due language barrier.

Attributes
ACN	225556
Time
Date	199211
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cai
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bos
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 90
ASRS Report	225556
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 90
ASRS Report	225555
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

As trip captain I asked the co-captain to obtain engine start clearance. I was not in cockpit to observe this procedure. Co-captain stated he received engine start, taxi to 5L and squawk code (clrncs). The ground controller with broken english said we were not cleared to taxi as we moved toward the active runway (5L). We apologized for the misunderstanding of the clearance and said it would not happen again. The tower operator inquired of our actions. Again, we apologized. He accepted our apology for the misunderstanding and asked that it not occur again. We rogered his request. There was no other aircraft moving on our side of the airport. There were no conflicts with other aircraft. Procedure and protocol were violated due to a language barrier.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CORP FLC AT FOREIGN ARPT TAXIES WITHOUT CLRNC DUE LANGUAGE BARRIER.

Narrative: AS TRIP CAPT I ASKED THE CO-CAPT TO OBTAIN ENG START CLRNC. I WAS NOT IN COCKPIT TO OBSERVE THIS PROC. CO-CAPT STATED HE RECEIVED ENG START, TAXI TO 5L AND SQUAWK CODE (CLRNCS). THE GND CTLR WITH BROKEN ENGLISH SAID WE WERE NOT CLRED TO TAXI AS WE MOVED TOWARD THE ACTIVE RWY (5L). WE APOLOGIZED FOR THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE CLRNC AND SAID IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THE TWR OPERATOR INQUIRED OF OUR ACTIONS. AGAIN, WE APOLOGIZED. HE ACCEPTED OUR APOLOGY FOR THE MISUNDERSTANDING AND ASKED THAT IT NOT OCCUR AGAIN. WE ROGERED HIS REQUEST. THERE WAS NO OTHER ACFT MOVING ON OUR SIDE OF THE ARPT. THERE WERE NO CONFLICTS WITH OTHER ACFT. PROC AND PROTOCOL WERE VIOLATED DUE TO A LANGUAGE BARRIER.

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.