[SystemSafety] Chicago controller halts Delta jet's near-miss on takeoff: '1328, stop, stop stop!'
Christopher Johnson
Christopher.Johnson at glasgow.ac.uk
Thu Jun 18 20:58:02 CEST 2015
Call sign confusion is not a black swan event. Eurocontrol have a working
group addressing the issue for several years now.
The aim was to reach agreement so that callsigns should be ³maximally²
easy to distinguish rather than the ad hoc approach that
applies now (ad hoc from a human factors perspective).
All the best,
Chris
On 18/06/2015 19:12, "systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
on behalf of Steve Tockey"
<systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de on behalf of
Steve.Tockey at construx.com> wrote:
>
>I can see how "3828" can be possibly confused with "1328". But ATC never
>uses flight numbers alone. One flight would be "Cactus 3828" and the other
>"Delta 1328". Unless the DL pilot used to work for SW, how could s/he not
>recognize the company part of the call sign?
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: <Smith>, "Brian E. (ARC-TH)" <brian.e.smith at nasa.gov>
>Date: Thursday, June 18, 2015 11:02 AM
>To: Peter Wilkinson <Peter.Wilkinson at noeticgroup.com>, Simon Whiteley
><simon at whiteley-safety.co.uk>,
>"systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de"
><systemsafety at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
>Subject: Re: [SystemSafety] Chicago controller halts Delta jet's near-miss
>on takeoff: '1328, stop, stop stop!'
>
>Agree. Perhaps it is more properly termed a rare coincidence of call sign
>similarity.
>
>On 6/18/15, 10:59 AM, "Peter Wilkinson" <Peter.Wilkinson at noeticgroup.com>
>wrote:
>
>>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
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
>>[mailto:systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de] On Behalf Of
>>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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