25 May 2000 - Air Liberte 8807
Shorts 330 G-SSWN was operating a mailflight (Streamline 200) from Paris CDG to Luton. The crew were cleared to depart cargo stand N51 and proceed to runway 27 at 02.38h. Around the same time Air Liberté Flight 8807 (an MD-83, F-GHED) also taxied to runway 27 for a flight to Madrid.
At 02.44h the Charles de Gaulle ground controller asked Streamline 200 if they wished to enter runway 27 at an intermediate taxiway; the crew asked for and were granted to enter Taxiway 16. At 02.50:49h the tower controller cleared the MD-83 for takeoff: "Liberté 8807, autorisé au décollage 27, 230 , 10 à 15 kts.". The controller then immediately told the Shorts to line up and wait: "Stream Line two hundred line up runway 27 and wait, number two". As the MD-83 was travelling down the runway, the Shorts started to taxi onto the runway. At a speed of about 155kts the left wing of MD-83 slashed through the cockpit of the Shorts plane; the MD-83 abandoned takeoff.
Transcript of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)
LegendaSSW200- Radio transmission of Streamline
LIB8807 - Radio transmission of Air Liberté
Captain - Voice identified as Air Liberté Captain (left seat)
First Officer - Voice identified as Air Liberté First Officer (right seat)
ATC - Air Traffic Control
(italics) - editorial comments
| time | source | content |
| 00.38:20 | SSW200->ATC | Ground good evening Streamline 200 November fifty one requesting taxi |
| 00.38:25 | Captain | Streamline 200 taxi holding point 27 |
| 00.38:28 | SSW200->ATC | Taxi holding point 27 Streamline 200 |
| 00.44:24 | SSW200->ATC | Streamline 200 do you wish an intersection for departure |
| 00.44:27 | Captain | intersection 16 yeh |
| 00.44:27 | SSW200->ATC | Intersection 16 please Streamline 200 |
| 00.44:31 | ATC->SSW200 | Say again please |
| 00.44:33 | First Officer | Got it yeh got it |
| 00.44:33 | ATC->SSW200 | Streamline 200 say again your errh... your intentions |
| 00.44:40 | SSW200->ATC | Errh, we would like to take intersection 16 for 27. (F/O asks permission to enter runway 27 through taxiway 16) |
| 00.44:43 | ATC->SSW200 | That's fine so 16 is approved Streamline 200 |
| 00.47:10 | ATC->LIB8807 | Liberté 8807 de Gaulle tower on 119 25 good luck (Tower frequency is 119.25 Mhz) |
| 00.47:15 | LIB8807->ATC | Yes 119 25 and err thanks a lot |
| 00.47:47 | ATC->LIB8807 | Liberte 8807 de Gaulle? |
| 00.47:50 | LIB8807->ATC | Yes hello again sorry sir |
| 00.47:52 | ATC->LIB8807 | 8807 you're welcome err I confirm a departure on Eagle 8 Bravo (Eagle 8 Bravo is the departure procedure for runway 26R) |
| 00.47:57 | Captain | 8 Bravo that's another thing |
| 00.47:59 | LIB8807->ATC | on 27 8 Bravo? |
| 00.48:01 | ATC->LIB8807 | 8807 that will be a departure on Eagle 8 Bravo |
| 00.48:09 | LIB8807->ATC | Err roger 8807 |
| 00.48:12 | Captain | What's the difference? |
| 00.48:14 | LIB8807->ATC | Err sorry err we are lined up on 27 here? |
| 00.48:19 | ATC->LIB8807 | My mistake 8807 it is the 27 and it will be a departure on Eagle 8 Alpha |
| 00.48:23 | LIB8807->ATC | 8 Alpha okay it's it's no problem |
| 00.48:25 | Captain | Yeh yeh |
| 00.48:27 | First Officer | So it's 8 Alpha (*) |
| 00.48:27 | Captain | It ... it ... it's tough for everyone |
| 00.48:29 | ATC->LIB8807 | Liberté 8807 report a 737 on short final in sight on 27 |
| 00.48:33 | LIB8807->ATC | We have an aircraft on final and if it's a 737 we we can see it sir |
| 00.48:37 | ATC->SSW200 | Streamline 200 monitor tower 119 25 |
| 00.48:38 | ATC->LIB8807 | Liberté 8807 behind the traffic on short final to 27 you line up behind and wait |
| 00.48:41 | SSW200->ATC | 119 25 Streamline 200 |
| 00.48:42 | LIB8807->ATC | After the traffic on final if it's a 37 we line up and hold position runway 27 Liberté 8807 |
| 00.48:54 | Captain | Cabin crew take-off in two minutes |
| 00.49:02 | Captain | Go ahead take-off |
| 00.49:03 | First Officer | If it's a 37 before checklist |
| 00.49:15 | First Officer | (*) where were we before |
| 00.49:20 | First Officer | before take-off engine ignition |
| 00.49:23 | Captain | On err 'off' on 'on' sorry ha |
| 00.49:28 | First Officer | Annunciator panels |
| 00.49:30 | Captain | Checked |
| 00.49:31 | Captain | Beacons |
| 00.49:32 | First Officer | On |
| 00.49:32 | Captain | You also have to watch the stops here as well cause you go by some you think there's one further down because you're quite a way from the runway I mean you end up the wrong side of the stops |
| 00.49:33 | First Officer | Radar |
| 00.49:33 | Captain | On |
| 00.49:34 | First Officer | Brake temperature |
| 00.49:36 | Captain | err... 50 |
| 00.49:39 | First Officer | 60 passenger announcements (*) that would be (*) 1500 and a bit |
| 00.49:40 | First Officer | Yah |
| 00.49:42 | Captain | That's done we are on auto ... we're cleared to line up eh |
| 00.49:45 | First Officer | And we hold position |
| 00.49:46 | Captain | Err ah yes okay |
| 00.49:47 | First Officer | Yes we hold |
| 00.49:51 | First Officer | So you see it's not in the check list that when you are taxiing eh the RAT |
| 00.49:55 | Captain | No |
| 00.49:56 | First Officer | There's nothing eh if you don't see like |
| 00.49:57 | Captain | We shouldn't depart we've only seen it in the air eh |
| 00.50:00 | Captain | That's on standby (on that side) |
| 00.50:04 | Captain | Okay? When we're in the air there's no more MEL eh |
| 00.50:12 | First Officer | For the return |
| 00.50:12 | Captain | Eh? |
| 00.50:13 | First Officer | For the return |
| 00.50:15 | Captain | Ah you want... you who wanted to do some raw data you'll get your way |
| 00.50:19 | (laughing) | |
| 00.50:21 | First Officer | And we're on it overall eh |
| 00.50:23 | Captain | You can |
| 00.50:28 | Captain | take-off |
| 00.50:30 | First Officer | the NAV |
| 00.50:31 | Captain | Nav |
| 00.50:35 | First Officer | Checking centre line |
| 00.50:35 | Captain | 140 armed... |
| 00.50:35 | Captain | Sitting on the runway |
| 00.50:36 | First Officer | That's the runway up there is it |
| 00.50:38 | Captain | Yeh |
| 00.50:38 | Captain | ... and take-off the check list is completed |
| 00.50:39 | Captain | I thought he just landed (referring to the Boeing 737 that has just landed) |
| 00.50:41 | First Officer | Check list complete |
| 00.50:42 | First Officer | Yeeh |
| 00.50:44 | Captain | So there are... |
| 00.50:45 | First Officer | (*) 375 |
| 00.50:46 | Captain | We're in manual eh 98 |
| 00.50:48 | First Officer | 56 |
| 00.50:49 | ATC->LIB8807 | Liberté 8807 cleared for take-off 27, 230 10-15 knots (wind 230 degrees, windspeed 10 to 15 knots) |
| 00.50:53 | LIB8807->ATC | Taking off on 27 Liberté 8807 |
| 00.50:57 | ATC->SSW200 | Streamline 200 line up runway 27 and wait number 2 |
| 00.50:58 | Captain | Are you ready.. are you ready? |
| 00.51:01 | First Officer | I'm ready |
| 00.51:01 | SSW200->ATC | Line up runway 27 and wait Streamline 200 |
| 00.51:07 | First Officer | OK |
| 00.51:11 | Captain | Where's the number one is he the number one (asks if the Boeing 737 that has just landed was meant to be number 1) |
| 00.51:18 | Captain | Are all the windows closed? |
| 00.51:19 | Captain | OK I'll go below the line with the checks (*)(they start to taxy past the stop towards the runway) |
| 00.51:22 | First Officer | Going below the line then uh transponder |
| 00.51:24 | First Officer | Coming on |
| 00.51:27 | First Officer | Top |
| 00.51:29 | First Officer | Landing lights strobes |
| 00.51:32 | First Officer | Landing lights and strobes on |
| 00.51:35 | First Officer | Flying controls well CWP's clear |
| 00.51:39 | Captain | Yeh right it's not actually 'cos you've stil got the controls in sir |
| 00.51:41 | Captain | Yeh uh ha yeh |
| First Officer | Yeh past that so it's controls (but) fuel | |
| Captain | OK | |
| 00.51:45 | Captain | Can you see anything down there |
| 00.51:45 | First Officer | 100 knots |
| 00.51:45 | Captain | Top 100 knots |
| 00.51:47 | Captain | Checked |
| 00.51:47 | First Officer | No I can't |
| 00.51:51 | First Officer | Unless there's one coming out in front |
| 00.51:53 | Captain | How about now (he wants to enter the runway) |
| 00.51:57 | First Officer | V one (take off decision speed) |
| 00.51:59 | First Officer | V R (rotation speed) |
| 00.52:00 | Captain | Oh shit |
| 00.52:01 | First Officer | Oh shit |
| 00.52:01 | First Officer | Shit |
| 00.52:02 | COLLISION | |
| 00.52:07 | Synthetic Voice | Speed brake speed brake speed brake |
| 00.52:22 | LIB8807->ATC | Ground from Liberté 8807 we have just hit another aircraft on taxi... on take-off. |
| 00.52:29 | ATC->LIB8807 | Confirm that you have hit an aircraft Liberté 8807 |
| 00.52:32 | LIB8807->ATC | Affirmative |
| 00.52:34 | Captain | An STOL |
| 00.52:34 | ATC->LIB8807 | 8807, copy. Do you want the emergency services? |
| 00.52:37 | Captain | Yes... we're going to vacate at the next eh |
| 00.52:39 | LIB8807->ATC | Yes... we're going to vacate |
| 00.52:42 | ATC->LIB8807 | 8807 do you have any damage? |
| 00.52:44 | Captain | Ah yes eh eh |
| 00.52:44 | LIB8807->ATC | Certainly on the wing sir yes |
| 00.52:46 | ATC->LIB8807 | Can you still taxi? |
| 00.52:47 | LIB8807->ATC | We're going to taxi sir... we're vacating ... we're alerting our cabin crew |
| 00.52:51 | ATC->LIB8807 | 8807 you can vacate at the end. |
| 00.52:55 | LIB8807->ATC | Vacating at the end and it was a Shorts sir |
| 00.52:57 | Captain | A Shorts eh |
| 00.52:58 | LIB8807->ATC | Which came onto the runway |
| 00.53:01 | ATC->LIB8807 | Roger |
| 00.53:05 | First Officer | Will you make the announcement? |
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