Created Monday, Jan 13th 2025 16:56Z, last updated Monday, Jan 13th 2025 16:56Z
A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-900, registration N900DU performing flight
DL-1965 from Nassau (Bahamas) to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 128 passengers and 6 crew, was cleared for takeoff from Nassau's runway 14 and commenced takeoff, when tower cancelled the takeoff instruction. The crew rejected takeoff.
On Jan 13th 2025 Bahama's AAIA released their final report concluding the probable causes of the incident were:
The AAIA has determined the probable cause of this occurrence to be the deterioration of separation minima between aircraft operating within the innermost core (5 nm radius) of the Nassau Control Zone which resulted in the necessary issuance of a cancel takeoff clearance to an aircraft (N900DU) on takeoff roll.
Contributing factors include:
- Inefficient intra-facility coordination.
- Inefficient supervision within controlled environment.
The AAIA reported:
Reports received indicate that at approximately 1:29 pm local time (1829 UTC), the pilot in command of a Cessna Citation 680A with United States registration N926QS, while on final approach for landing on runway 10 at MYNN, executed a go around after the aerodrome controller (local controller) did not issue a final clearance to land on runway 10 after the pilot advised that he was unable to comply with the aerodrome controller’s request to land and hold short (LAHSO) of runway 14.
The next aircraft in sequence for landing runway 10 at MYNN, a Bombardier CRJ200 with Canadian registration C-GDTD, operating as FEX850, subsequently was forced to execute a go around at approximately 1:31 pm (1831 UTC) as the aerodrome controller had not issued a landing clearance at the point of the aircraft reaching the published missed approach point.
During the period of these consecutive go arounds for runway 10, operations were also being conducted on intersecting runway 14 with departures by a Beechcraft King Air 200 operating as TJJ800 at 1:27 pm (1821 UTC) and by an Embraer E110 operating as PNP978 at 1:30 pm (1830 UTC).
It would appear that the complex operations may have overwhelmed the aerodrome controller, having to also incorporate into sequencing, two additional aircraft as N900DU was instructed to position for a departure from runway 14 while a Beechcraft King Air 200 with United States registration N712CY was established on short final approach for landing runway 14 at a distance of approximately less than 3 NM from the threshold of runway 14.
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