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United Airlines Boeing-777 runway incursion in Honolulu linked to legacy airport design

United Airlines Boeing-777 runway incursion in Honolulu linked to legacy airport design
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has published its final report on a runway incursion involving a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 and a Cessna C208B Caravan in Honolulu, Hawaii, on January 23, 2023.

In the report, while the NTSB classified the incident as a runway incursion, investigators detailed that the 777-200, registered as N774UA and operating flight UA384, and the C208B Caravan, registered as N145KA, were separated by 1,173 feet (357.5 meters) at the closest distance.

Nevertheless, the event at Honolulu Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) prompted the NTSB to examine both flight crews’ actions and the airport’s design more closely.

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At the time of the incident, the first officer onboard the United Airlines jet was pilot flying (PF) while the captain was pilot monitoring (PM). The 777-200 carried ten flight crew members and 291 passengers; two pilots manned the C208B. None sustained any injuries.

The NTSB noted that United Airlines flight from Denver International Airport (DEN) had an uneventful taxi, takeoff, departure, cruise, and descent. As it began descending into Honolulu, instrument and visual approaches were available for runways 4R and 8R," highlighting land-and-hold-short operations (LAHSO) hold-short of runway 8L;" if unable to do so," pilots should advise air traffic control. "

After obtaining automatic terminal information service (ATIS), both pilots reviewed company notes for HNL airport including Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM), arrival landing diagrams recognizing that due construction," runway 8L was unavailable". "

"This hot spot was depicted on first officer''s airport moving map (AMM) display part her electronic flight bag Jeppesen navigation chart HNL dated October 28 2022 indicated HS2 considered hot spot because aircraft landing runway 4R exiting left onto taxiway K sometimes fail hold short runways 4L/22R" said FAA."

As aircraft descended further PM contacted ATC Honolulu cleared visual approach around local time captain told controller unable perform LAHSO hold short exit plan either rolling end making left turn depending airplane decelerating expected"

"The local controller had cleared KMK145 land aware required hold UAL384 short inadvertently set stage," said post-incident statement acknowledging delayed action rectify legacy design contributed factors operator''s AMM omitted restriction use widebodies captain''s inadvertent continuance through line delayed action rectify legacy design contributing factors operator''s AMM omitted restriction use widebodies captain''s inadvertent continuance through line FAA delayed action rectify legacy design"

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