Final Report B738 (EI-EKR) & SF50 (N66HR), vicinity Palma Spain, 28 May 2022

Final Report B738 (EI-EKR) & SF50 (N66HR), vicinity Palma Spain, 28 May 2022

Publication info
Author
CIAIAC Spain
Category
Accident Reports Loss of Separation Air Ground Communication Human Factors
Date of publication
05/02/2023

On 28 May 2022, the crew of a Boeing 737-800 which had just taken off from Palma in good daylight visibility observed a light aircraft approaching from the right at high speed on a collision course and immediately initiated evasive action, achieving a minimum separation subsequently found to have been 116 feet vertically and 1,200 metres laterally and passing behind it. ATC radar showed that the other aircraft had not taken any action and it was found to have been operating on a VFR flight plan in controlled airspace without complying with the requirements for such access or listening out. 

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