Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness; Confusion
Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Ground Incursion Runway
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Rejected Takeoff
Human Factors
The F/O landed on Runway 24R in LAX. I took control of the aircraft on the runway; and exited onto Taxiway AA. Tower told us to hold short of 24L. I saw the bars that I thought were the runway clear lines for 24R; just in front of me. I continued forward; focused on a faded line that I somehow mistook for the hold short line. The F/O said for me to stop. I then noticed the red stop lights. I didn't jam on the brakes; which I should have; as I went past the hold short line. I asked him to tell the Tower that I was past the hold short line. The Tower had cleared [another] aircraft for takeoff around the same time. There was a slight delay for the Tower to tell the aircraft to reject the takeoff. Even with that; the aircraft wasn't very far down the runway. I believe they may have pulled off at Taxiway Whiskey. After that; we were cleared to taxi across Runway 24L and turn left onto Taxiway Echo and taxi and hold just past [taxiway] AA. We were given a phone number to call for a possible deviation.I need to be more alert! I'm sure the F/O assumed I was going to stop at the right place. The F/O said that he was going to push the brakes himself. I told him he should have. I really don't know how this can be prevented in the future as it happened so quickly. Other than help with the brakes when the F/O is seeing something you are not; and vice versa. Totally my fault.
After initiating takeoff roll on Runway 24L at LAX; we were issued a takeoff cancelled clearance due to an aircraft runway incursion at the departure end of the runway. Reject procedure was accomplished at 110 knots; aircraft was stopped in the first half of the runway; exited runway per Tower instructions. Notified Flight Attendants to remain seated; referenced QRH for any additional rejected takeoff considerations; loaded the performance program with reject information to obtain brake cooling requirements; ascertained brake cooling could be accomplished at the gate. Informed passengers of reasons of the event and to convey that there were no problems with aircraft and our plan to return to a gate for brake cooling per our procedures. We contacted LAX Operations and obtained a gate. We parked aircraft at Gate XX with nose chocks and brakes released and contacted Dispatch and Maintenance Control to discuss plan of action and series of events. Maintenance downloaded FDR (Flight Data Recorder) and checked brake energy computations. No injuries to crew; passengers or aircraft.
Arriving and departing air carrier flight crews reported a runway incursion at LAX which resulted in a rejected takeoff.