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Old 23rd Oct 2016, 11:01
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AtomKraft
 
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I remember another 'nearly a repeat of Tenerife' type incident. Was at CDG.

As we taxied out in LVPs, they cleared a AF 340 for T/O on 27L- in French. He came thundering past us.
Then they cleared a BA 757 who'd just landed on 27R to cross 27L- in English.

My finger hovered over the PTT switch, but then I thought what if I block a very important message???

The tower called 'Air France xxx,Stoppez decollage!' (stop your takeoff!) and the 340 crew did a high speed abort. The 757 was handed off to ground without another word.

A new controller came on freq, no doubt the other had gone for a change of swimwear...

When we took off, we saw the skidmarks and they were impressive, the ones on the runway !

Never heard another word about it.
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