Created Monday, Jun 8th 2026 15:57Z, last updated Monday, Jun 8th 2026 15:57Z
An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration C-GMEX performing flight
AC-994 from Mexico City (Mexico) to Montreal,QC (Canada), was taxiing for departure when the aircraft - in contact with Ground frequency - received taxi clearance via B5, backtrack runway 05L and vacate via B2 due to taxiway B being blocked. The aircraft turned off taxiway B onto B5, entered runway 05L and backtracked the runway.
Just before that an Aeromexico Boeing 737-800, registration XA-JOY performing flight AM-702 from Mexico City to Hermosillo (Mexico), had been cleared for takeoff from runway 05L, commenced takeoff and rejected takeoff at about 55 knots over ground on ATC instruction due to the runway incursion. The aircraft stopped on the runway just before the displaced runway threshold, just past B2 and about 640 meters/2100 feet short of B5. The aircraft subsequently turned right onto taxiway B3 and departed from runway 05R.
AC-994 continued backtrack on runway 05, vacated the runway via B2 to the left (towards runway 05R), but vacated again via taxiway B3 and taxied to the apron. The flight was cancelled.
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