Narrative:

Taipei ground control instructed us to taxi to taxiway N10 and hold short of runway 5L. My first officer reported the clearance back to ground control. I repeated the clearance to the crew. I taxied to taxiway N10 and held short of runway 5L at taxiway N10. I saw an aircraft turning off runway 5L at taxiway N7, then taipei ground control instructed us to make a left turn onto runway 5L and turn left at taxiway N8 and taxi via runway 5R. My first officer repeated the clearance back to ground control and I repeated the clearance to the crew and we all agreed on the clearance. I looked down the runway and I didn't see any aircraft on final approach or in position for takeoff on runway 5L. As I taxied onto runway 5L and started my left turn on the runway I saw aircraft lights on the departure end of the runway. I could not tell if the aircraft was holding in position or if it was on a takeoff roll. I stopped my aircraft 1/2 way through the turn with 1/2 my aircraft on the runway. I told my first officer to call ground control and tell them we're on the runway and there's an aircraft in position at the other end. At this time it was apparent that the aircraft was rolling down the runway at us. My first officer made several calls to ground control but ground control would not answer us. We could not turn off the runway. The aircraft rotated at approximately taxiway N7 several thousand ft in front of us and passed about 300 ft over our heads. Ground control told us to continue taxiing. There was a lot of chinese yelling in the backgnd from the tower, but when we called ground control to tell them we were on the runway when the aircraft took off, we got no response from ground control or the tower. This incident was not caused by any language difficulties, but by a controller's bad instructions and bad ATC coordination between the ground controller and the tower controller. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter indicated that the aircraft taking off was a widebody transport aircraft. It went directly overhead by 300 ft or less. Reporter was not xferred to the local controller for taxi on the runway involved and was not able to make it clear to the ground controller what the problem was until after the fact. Construction was the reason the runway was used for taxi. It has since been completed, however, on return trips the runway taxi route has still been assigned.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GND CTLR CLRS ACFT TO TAXI ON RWY WITH ANOTHER ACFT BEING CLRED FOR TKOF BY THE LCL CTLR ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RWY.

Narrative: TAIPEI GND CTL INSTRUCTED US TO TAXI TO TXWY N10 AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 5L. MY FO RPTED THE CLRNC BACK TO GND CTL. I REPEATED THE CLRNC TO THE CREW. I TAXIED TO TXWY N10 AND HELD SHORT OF RWY 5L AT TXWY N10. I SAW AN ACFT TURNING OFF RWY 5L AT TXWY N7, THEN TAIPEI GND CTL INSTRUCTED US TO MAKE A L TURN ONTO RWY 5L AND TURN L AT TXWY N8 AND TAXI VIA RWY 5R. MY FO REPEATED THE CLRNC BACK TO GND CTL AND I REPEATED THE CLRNC TO THE CREW AND WE ALL AGREED ON THE CLRNC. I LOOKED DOWN THE RWY AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY ACFT ON FINAL APCH OR IN POS FOR TKOF ON RWY 5L. AS I TAXIED ONTO RWY 5L AND STARTED MY L TURN ON THE RWY I SAW ACFT LIGHTS ON THE DEP END OF THE RWY. I COULD NOT TELL IF THE ACFT WAS HOLDING IN POS OR IF IT WAS ON A TKOF ROLL. I STOPPED MY ACFT 1/2 WAY THROUGH THE TURN WITH 1/2 MY ACFT ON THE RWY. I TOLD MY FO TO CALL GND CTL AND TELL THEM WE'RE ON THE RWY AND THERE'S AN ACFT IN POS AT THE OTHER END. AT THIS TIME IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE ACFT WAS ROLLING DOWN THE RWY AT US. MY FO MADE SEVERAL CALLS TO GND CTL BUT GND CTL WOULD NOT ANSWER US. WE COULD NOT TURN OFF THE RWY. THE ACFT ROTATED AT APPROX TXWY N7 SEVERAL THOUSAND FT IN FRONT OF US AND PASSED ABOUT 300 FT OVER OUR HEADS. GND CTL TOLD US TO CONTINUE TAXIING. THERE WAS A LOT OF CHINESE YELLING IN THE BACKGND FROM THE TWR, BUT WHEN WE CALLED GND CTL TO TELL THEM WE WERE ON THE RWY WHEN THE ACFT TOOK OFF, WE GOT NO RESPONSE FROM GND CTL OR THE TWR. THIS INCIDENT WAS NOT CAUSED BY ANY LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES, BUT BY A CTLR'S BAD INSTRUCTIONS AND BAD ATC COORD BTWN THE GND CTLR AND THE TWR CTLR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR INDICATED THAT THE ACFT TAKING OFF WAS A WDB ACFT. IT WENT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD BY 300 FT OR LESS. RPTR WAS NOT XFERRED TO THE LCL CTLR FOR TAXI ON THE RWY INVOLVED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT CLR TO THE GND CTLR WHAT THE PROB WAS UNTIL AFTER THE FACT. CONSTRUCTION WAS THE REASON THE RWY WAS USED FOR TAXI. IT HAS SINCE BEEN COMPLETED, HOWEVER, ON RETURN TRIPS THE RWY TAXI RTE HAS STILL BEEN ASSIGNED.

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.