Airprox Serious incident Boeing 777-21HLR A6-EWE,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358007
 
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Date:Monday 8 January 2024
Time:11:30 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic B77L model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 777-21HLR
Owner/operator:Emirates Airlines
Registration: A6-EWE
MSN: 35582/725
Year of manufacture:2008
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 234
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:near Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport (BCN/LEBL) -   Spain
Phase: Approach
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX)
Destination airport:Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport (BCN/LEBL)
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Eurowings flight EW7520, an Airbus A319 (D-AGWD), and Emirates flight EK256, a Boeing 777-200LR (A6-EWE), were involved in a loss of separation incident in the Barcelona CTR airspace durin approach to Barcelona Airport (BCN).

The aircraft were less than 0.6 nautical miles horizontally apart and 200 feet vertically apart.

METAR:

Weather about the incident time (1130Z):
LEBL 081000Z 31008KT 290V360 CAVOK 07/M04 Q1016 NOSIG
LEBL 081100Z 33010G21KT 290V360 CAVOK 10/M04 Q1015 NOSIG
LEBL 081200Z 33010KT CAVOK 11/M04 Q1015 NOSIG

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Report number: IN-002/2024
Status: Preliminary report
Report: Preliminary report

Sources:

CIAIAC

Revision history:

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