ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213226
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 July 2018 |
| Time: | 22:58 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-271N |
| Owner/operator: | IndiGo Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-ITP |
| MSN: | 7331 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW1127G-JM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 166 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 131 km S of Bengaluru Airport -
 India
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bengaluru (Bangalore) International Airport (BLR/VOBL) |
| Cochin NAS (VOCC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Two Airbus A320 aircraft operated by IndiGo were involved in an airprox incident south of Bengaluru, India.
IndiGo flight 6E779, an Airbus A320-232 (VT-IFP), departed Coimbatore Airport at 17:14 UTC (22:44 LT), bound for Hyderabad. The flight proceeded northbound and received instructions to climb to the cruising altitude of FL360.
IndiGo flight 6E6505, an Airbus A320neo (VT-ITP), departed Bengaluru Airport at 17:16 UTC, bound for Cochin. The flight proceeded southbound and climbed to its assigned cruising altitude of FL280.
At 17:28 UTC, as both aircraft were reaching FL270 in the climb, a TCAS Resolution Advisory alerted the flight crews on both aircraft. Appropriate action was undertaken by both flight crews.
Reportedly the minimum separation was about 4 miles horizontally and 200 feet vertically.
PROBABLE CAUSE
a. Crew of IGO6505 maintained a high rate of climb, which was also the violation of DGCA Operations Circular 7 of 2010, while attaining Flight Level assigned by ATC.
Contributary Factor
b. Lack of surveillance by Radar controller.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/mid-air-collision-averted-between-two-indigo-planes-over-bengaluru-airspace/articleshow/64958633.cms
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/6e779#1d13e27c
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/6e6505#1d13dd25
https://www.bea.aero/les-enquetes/les-evenements-notifies/detail/event/incident-serieux-de-lairbus-a320-immatricule-vt-ifp-exploite-par-iat-et-de-lairbus-a321-immatricul/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 2019 | VT-ITP | IndiGo Airlines | 0 | S of Dehradun | |
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| Engine failure | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jul-2018 19:04 | harro | Added |
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