[SystemSafety] Chicago controller halts Delta jet's near-miss on takeoff: '1328, stop, stop stop!'

[Andy Ashworth]

Use of the phonetic alphabet and the associated numeral pronunciations (e.g.
zero, fife, niner, etc) should have reduced the likelihood of ambiguity to a
minimum. However, these in themselves don't address the problem of similar
call-signs. Despite there being similarity in the area of the numerals, I
note that the two airlines were different, and it would be extremely
difficult to confuse "South Western" and "United". I wonder if this is a
case where a pilot heard what he wanted to hear for one reason or another,
and missed the initial part of the call-sign, i.e. the airline name.

Andy

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[mailto:systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de] On Behalf Of
Peter Wilkinson
Sent: June 18, 2015 2:00 PM
To: Smith, Brian E. (ARC-TH); Simon Whiteley;
systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Subject: Re: [SystemSafety] Chicago controller halts Delta jet's near-miss
on takeoff: '1328, stop, stop stop!'

I wonder if it is rarely a Black Swan event. If these are defined (at least
in part) as unforeseen events - I don't think it qualifies as a Black Swan.
As Peter has pointed out - a known problem regards Pete w 

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Smith, Brian E. (ARC-TH)
Sent: Friday, 19 June 2015 3:44 AM
To: Simon Whiteley; systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Subject: Re: [SystemSafety] Chicago controller halts Delta jet's near-miss
on takeoff: '1328, stop, stop stop!'

As observed by Peter, this may have been caused by confusion between the
Call Signs of the aircraft.  One of those rare, Black Swan events.

From: 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-midway-airport-close-c
all-20150617-story.html#

Before the incident, a Midway ground controller had notified both pilots
about the similar and potentially confusing flight numbers of the
   [comment: good job!]
two planes waiting to depart, and he advised the pilots to listen carefully
to radio calls, according to tapes of the incident, which are on
http://www.LiveATC.net

On the transmission, the tower controller is heard clearing Southwest Flight
3828 for takeoff. But when the Southwest pilot radios back confirmation, his
voice is obscured, or "stepped on," by a dual transmission, apparently from
Delta Flight 1328. During a dual transmission, each pilot hears only some of
what is being communicated.

A second dual transmission then occurs, and seconds later, as the Southwest
plane is accelerating down runway 31 Center, the Delta plane is also on a
takeoff roll on intersecting runway 4 Right, sources said.

A controller abruptly yells, "Stop, stop, stop, stop!" A pilot says,
"Aborting," and another pilot announces, "SWA stopping."






On 6/18/15, 10:27 AM, "Simon Whiteley" <simon at whiteley-safety.co.uk> wrote:

>http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2015/06/chicago_controller_preve
>nts
>_de.html
>
>FYI
>
>- Two passenger jets began to take off at the same time on intersecting 
>runways at Chicago's Midway International Airport, prompting a 
>controller to shout over the radio for one of the pilots to halt to 
>avoid a collision.
>
>
>
>Wow! Just wow!
>-SPPW
>
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