B737 flight crew at 100 knots on the takeoff roll; heard ATC clear another aircraft to cross the sam...

Attributes
ACN	1300425
Time
Date	201510
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 159 Flight Crew Type 7380
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Narrative:

We were cleared for takeoff on runway xx and commenced a normal takeoff roll. Around 100 knots we heard clearly ATC clearing another aircraft to cross runway xx. Needless to say this was a major distraction during this phase of flight. I suggested we should abort and asked the captain if he saw the aircraft downfield; which was holding short of runway xx; moving. The aircraft was not and the captain announced on the radio; [our callsign] is rolling on runway xx. The takeoff continued without further incident. Upon being switched to departure; tower advised us the aircraft being cleared to cross runway xx was behind us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew at 100 knots on the takeoff roll; heard ATC clear another aircraft to cross the same runway. Crew elected to continue the takeoff and Tower subsequently advised that the crossing traffic was behind the takeoff aircraft.

Narrative: We were cleared for takeoff on Runway XX and commenced a normal takeoff roll. Around 100 knots we heard clearly ATC clearing another aircraft to cross Runway XX. Needless to say this was a major distraction during this phase of flight. I suggested we should abort and asked the Captain if he saw the aircraft downfield; which was holding short of Runway XX; moving. The aircraft was not and the Captain announced on the radio; [Our callsign] is rolling on Runway XX. The takeoff continued without further incident. Upon being switched to departure; Tower advised us the aircraft being cleared to cross Runway XX was behind us.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

B737 flight crew at 100 knots on the takeoff roll; heard ATC clear another aircraft to cross the same runway. Crew elected to continue the takeoff and tower subsequently advised that the crossing traffic was behind the takeoff aircraft.