A330 flight crew is issued a 'line up and wait behind landing traffic' but the captain fails to hear...

Narrative:

Holding short for T/O. Tower clears position and hold. I went to taxi into position while saying position and hold. Looked to left and saw traffic out a ways but could be going to parallel runway. As we entered runway it became apparent to me that traffic was landing on our runway (25R) I stopped as tower said 'flight number.... Traffic (I forget the call sign of landing traffic) go around.' they commenced go around (bae-146) about a mile out. Apparently the clearance was position and hold after traffic 5 miles out (according to first officer). I did not hear the 5 miles out part. First officer was then heads down for checklist. Relief officer realized our situation at same time as I did. I intend to repeat any clearances to enter any runway (crossing and entering for takeoff) so as to verify that both or all pilots in cockpit hear my understanding of the clearance. Frankfurt is a little different (don't go there often) I don't think a clearance to position and hold after traffic 5 miles out is the best way to directly control access to the active runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A330 Flight Crew is issued a 'line up and wait behind landing traffic' but the Captain fails to hear the 'behind landing traffic' part and the First Officer is head down finishing the checklist. A runway incursion occurs with the landing traffic going around.

Narrative: Holding short for T/O. Tower clears position and hold. I went to taxi into position while saying position and hold. Looked to left and saw traffic out a ways but could be going to parallel runway. As we entered runway it became apparent to me that traffic was landing on our runway (25R) I stopped as tower said 'Flight number.... traffic (I forget the call sign of landing traffic) go around.' They commenced go around (BAe-146) about a mile out. Apparently the clearance was position and hold after traffic 5 miles out (according to F/O). I did not hear the 5 miles out part. F/O was then heads down for checklist. Relief Officer realized our situation at same time as I did. I intend to repeat any clearances to enter any runway (crossing AND entering for takeoff) so as to verify that both or all pilots in cockpit hear my understanding of the clearance. Frankfurt is a little different (don't go there often) I don't think a clearance to position and hold after traffic 5 miles out is the best way to directly control access to the active runway.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	861053
Time
Date	200911
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EDDF.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A330
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	BAe 146 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway

A330 flight crew is issued a 'line up and wait behind landing traffic' but the captain fails to hear the 'behind landing traffic' part and the first officer is head down finishing the checklist. A runway incursion occurs with the landing traffic going around.