Originally Posted by
Airmann
Secpndly, ATC needed to repeat the phrase twice. So did Delta reject because of ATCs call or because they saw the American ahead of them? Obviously this is just conjecture/speculation but If it was the latter then there has been a COMPELTE FAILURE in one of the key layers of safety in the system.
Based on every video I’ve watched of the incident, JFK tower does repeat “cancel takeoff clearance.”
The video linked at post #8 is the first I’ve watched that included ATC instructions to AA106 to “hold position.”
Note that all of this audio is subject to the limitations of the Live ATC source and the many assumptions of the video creators.