Atl tower controller described two near conflict events when departure aircraft failed to select cor...

Attributes
ACN	855661
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Air Traffic Control Military 4 Air Traffic Control Radar 25 Flight Crew Total 800
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types
Miss Distance	Horizontal 1500 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Aircraft X departed runway 9L RNAV to gritz. The aircraft had the wrong runway (8R) in his FMS and instead of turning right off the departure end to gritz as he was cleared; he turned left toward hersl which is the RNAV fix for runway 8R. The departure off runway 8R had another aircraft cleared to hersl which put the two aircraft in the same airspace and the departure controllers had to issue turns to both aircraft to save them from a possible midair. A pilot deviation was filled. The next day; the same thing happened with another of the air carrier's aircraft; he conflicted with an aircraft which departed runway 8R with the only difference being it was VFR and I saw him turn the wrong way and we had him make an immediate right turn. A pilot deviation was filled. Atl tower controllers must now verify the first way point with all this air carriers pilots prior to clearing them for takeoff.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATL tower controller described two near conflict events when departure aircraft failed to select correct departure runway; resulting in a conflict with parallel runway departure traffic.

Narrative: Aircraft X departed Runway 9L RNAV to GRITZ. The aircraft had the wrong Runway (8R) in his FMS and instead of turning right off the departure end to GRITZ as he was cleared; he turned left toward HERSL which is the RNAV fix for Runway 8R. The departure off Runway 8R had another aircraft cleared to HERSL which put the two aircraft in the same airspace and the Departure Controllers had to issue turns to both aircraft to save them from a possible midair. A Pilot Deviation was filled. The next day; the SAME thing happened with another of the Air Carrier's Aircraft; he conflicted with an aircraft which departed Runway 8R with the only difference being it was VFR and I saw him turn the wrong way and we had him make an immediate right turn. A Pilot Deviation was filled. ATL Tower controllers must now verify the first way point with ALL this Air Carriers pilots prior to clearing them for takeoff.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Atl tower controller described two near conflict events when departure aircraft failed to select correct departure runway; resulting in a conflict with parallel runway departure traffic.