Narrative:

Aircraft Y taxiing across runway 27, routine maintenance reposition to gate, while aircraft X heavy departed runway 27. Additional aircraft Z landing on crossing runway 18R. Aircraft X departed without clearance for take off. Aircraft Y expedited across runway in time and aircraft Z landing runway 18R was instructed to go around. Contributing factors would include: too many repositions of aircraft across an active runway during a push. Pilot of aircraft X not able to read, speak and understand the english language effectively.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CVG GND CTLR EXPERIENCED RWY INCIDENT WITH B747 DEP WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: ACFT Y TAXIING ACROSS RWY 27, ROUTINE MAINT REPOSITION TO GATE, WHILE ACFT X HEAVY DEPARTED RWY 27. ADDITIONAL ACFT Z LNDG ON CROSSING RWY 18R. ACFT X DEPARTED WITHOUT CLRNC FOR TAKE OFF. ACFT Y EXPEDITED ACROSS RWY IN TIME AND ACFT Z LNDG RWY 18R WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO AROUND. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WOULD INCLUDE: TOO MANY REPOSITIONS OF ACFT ACROSS AN ACTIVE RWY DURING A PUSH. PLT OF ACFT X NOT ABLE TO READ, SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EFFECTIVELY.

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.