Serious incident Airbus A319-112 VT-SCV,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205990
 
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Date:Wednesday 7 February 2018
Time:20:31 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic A319 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A319-112
Owner/operator:Air India
Registration: VT-SCV
MSN: 4089
Year of manufacture:2009
Engine model:CFMI CFM56-5B6/P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:67NM NE of Mumbai -   India
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB)
Destination airport:Bhopal-Raja Bhoj Airport (BHO/VABP)
Investigating agency: AAIB India
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Vistara flight UK997, an Airbus A320neo, and Air India flight AI631, an Airbus A319, were involved in an airprox incident northeast of Mumbai, India.
UK997 was cleared to descend to FL290 towards the destination Pune, but continued to descend to FL270 when at the same time AI631 was climbing to the same altitude after departure from Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. Both flights followed the respective TCAS resolution advisories (RAs) and continued to their destinations.
The minimum separation between both aircraft was zero feet vertically and less than 2 NM horizontally.

Cause Leading to Incident
(a) The controller took over the navigation of the aircraft by issuing direct routing.
(b) Controller failed to identify the mismatch of the level assigned and level entered by the crew.
(c) Flight crew entered the wrong level and descended below the cleared level i.e. FL270, which was pre-assumed by the crew.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: AAIB India
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/aircraft-flies-into-path-of-another-over-mumbai-airport/articleshow/62868365.cms
https://www.bea.aero/index.php?id=40&news=18340&cHash=3c9da9469baf1f3fc50cdccf86ead141
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VTI997/history/20180207/1155Z/VIDP/VAPO/tracklog
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AIC631/history/20180207/1410Z/VABB/VABP/tracklog

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Feb-2018 12:22 harro Added
15-Feb-2018 20:46 harro Updated [Source, Narrative]
15-Feb-2018 20:46 harro Updated [Location]

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