UTair Boeing 767-300 (VQ-BSX) from Moscow and Aerolíneas Argentinas Airbus A340-300 (LV-FPV) were involved into a rather rare but dangerous incident at Barcelona airport.
Here’s an interesting video.
It shows an unauthorized runway incursion at Barcelona airport, in Spain.
According to the user who filmed the incident, Flight UT5187, a UTair Boeing 767-300 (VQ-BSX) from Moscow was on final for runway 02 when Aerolíneas Argentinas Airbus A340-300 (LV-FPV) crossed the runway to taxi to the holding point of runway 25R.
As soon as the Russian pilots saw the Airbus 340 crossing the runway, they performed a successful go around.
After the incident, the Boeing 767 landed safely on runway 02, as the footage shows.
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Even if the aircraft did not come too close each other, such an incident could have had a much different outcome in case of bad weather and scarce visibility.
Needless to say, in both military and civil aviation, failure to comply with the “hold short” instruction by the Tower can be extremely dangerous, to say the least.
