July 9, 201411 yr All that is already proven to be the actual severe fault of the Skyteam crew on the runway. Russians had their landing clearance. Skyteam guys also had the clearance to cross the runway but after the traffic on short final not before! They received this message and provided correct readback. Nobody knows for sure why did they go after acknowledging the crossing instruction correctly and certainly nobody expected this! The traffic controller apologized to the Russian crew right after this. Well, that sort of contradicts what nikeulas posted, which allegedly comes from BCN's ATCO Tower. 121.65 (122.225 not used at night) cleared the Aerolineas Argentinas A340 to cross runway 02, which he thought was not active as he expected the airport to be in day configuration I guess we'll need to wait for the transcripts and the investigation to conclude.
July 9, 201411 yr My opinion at the moment is based on what I believe to be the actual radio recording of the moment supported by the interviews of the traffic controller and the Russian crew as well as a couple of other flight crews who have been around.
July 9, 201411 yr My opinion at the moment is based on what I believe to be the actual radio recording of the moment supported by the interviews of the traffic controller and the Russian crew as well as a couple of other flight crews who have been around. Is there a link to those radio comms please Nikdunaev? I tried at LIVEAtc but apparently it doesn't cover ground, just the tower
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