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Language barrier and fatigue contribute to B767 flight crew's failure to follow cleared taxi route at zspd.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 789153 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200806 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zspd.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 789153 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : foreign |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Ground control issued instructions after exiting the runway to taxi via txwys E5; F; F5; and east. The captain mistakenly continued to taxi onto taxiway E5 then right turn onto taxiway east; whereupon the ground controller reissued instructions to continue via taxiway F5; then taxiway F to ramp area. I believe the pudong airport should publish standard taxi rtes; much like narita airport does in japan. The poor english spoken by the controller; along with the high level of fatigue felt by our crew were contributing factors to our mistake. Future arrs will require increased scrutiny of any instructions by controllers.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LANGUAGE BARRIER AND FATIGUE CONTRIBUTE TO B767 FLT CREW'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW CLRED TAXI ROUTE AT ZSPD.
Narrative: GND CTL ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS AFTER EXITING THE RWY TO TAXI VIA TXWYS E5; F; F5; AND E. THE CAPT MISTAKENLY CONTINUED TO TAXI ONTO TXWY E5 THEN R TURN ONTO TXWY E; WHEREUPON THE GND CTLR REISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTINUE VIA TXWY F5; THEN TXWY F TO RAMP AREA. I BELIEVE THE PUDONG ARPT SHOULD PUBLISH STANDARD TAXI RTES; MUCH LIKE NARITA ARPT DOES IN JAPAN. THE POOR ENGLISH SPOKEN BY THE CTLR; ALONG WITH THE HIGH LEVEL OF FATIGUE FELT BY OUR CREW WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO OUR MISTAKE. FUTURE ARRS WILL REQUIRE INCREASED SCRUTINY OF ANY INSTRUCTIONS BY CTLRS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.