Runway transgression, foreign airport with language barrier.

Attributes
ACN	305792
Time
Date	199505
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : prg
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 3900 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	305792
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time other other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On taxi out departing from prague, czech republic. We called tower as we approached the end of runway 24. We told them we would be ready when we reached the end of the runway. His response was broken due to language and due to radio breakup and we weren't sure if he had cleared us into position and hold so I asked if we were cleared into position and hold. His reply was a single 'yes.' as our nose passed over the hold short line, tower called panicky and told us to stop. When we looked out we saw an airbus coming out of the cloud base to land. When we asked him he said he had never cleared us into position.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RWY TRANSGRESSION, FOREIGN ARPT WITH LANGUAGE BARRIER.

Narrative: ON TAXI OUT DEPARTING FROM PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC. WE CALLED TWR AS WE APCHED THE END OF RWY 24. WE TOLD THEM WE WOULD BE READY WHEN WE REACHED THE END OF THE RWY. HIS RESPONSE WAS BROKEN DUE TO LANGUAGE AND DUE TO RADIO BREAKUP AND WE WEREN'T SURE IF HE HAD CLRED US INTO POS AND HOLD SO I ASKED IF WE WERE CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD. HIS REPLY WAS A SINGLE 'YES.' AS OUR NOSE PASSED OVER THE HOLD SHORT LINE, TWR CALLED PANICKY AND TOLD US TO STOP. WHEN WE LOOKED OUT WE SAW AN AIRBUS COMING OUT OF THE CLOUD BASE TO LAND. WHEN WE ASKED HIM HE SAID HE HAD NEVER CLRED US INTO POS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.