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Report: ITA A330 Takes Off After Colliding With Air France 777 At JFK
This incident took place at New York’s JFK Airport on Friday, June 17, 2022. Specifically, it involves: A 21-year-old Air France Boeing 777-200 with the registration code F-GSPQ; this plane had just arrived from Paris, performing flight AF8 A 10-year-old ITA Airways Airbus A330-200 with the registration code EI-EJL; this plane was departing for Rome, performing flight AZ611 The incident was first reported when an Air France pilot contacted JFK ground controllers, and informed them that “there… (onemileatatime.com) Más...
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I guess the sleepy ground controller can't understand anyone who doesn't have a New York accent.
The accents on many foreign pilots can sometimes make one doubt they are even speaking english. Note the subtitles required in the article of the audio. I have listened to ATC audio in the past and have had trouble comprehending. The controllers do a good job as they can anticipate the requests and repeats of orders given.
Actually, I'm pretty 'worldly' and speak a couple of languages (no, not Italian) and I could not understand the guy either. I'm not 'Murican centric', but if English is going to be the official international language for flight operations, this Italian dude needs to brush up. Not being able to speak English very well at all can have devastating consequences. If this was some kind of emergency, it would have taken quite a while to understand what the pilot was saying!!!
The pilot was French.
Or that...still unrecognizable English. My error...sorry
Imagine this Italian pilot trying to communicate with a Norwegian air traffic controller when English is not the first language for either.
