B738 / E195, Sao Paulo Congonhas, Brasil, 2020

B738 / E195, Sao Paulo Congonhas, Brasil, 2020

Summary

On 3 December 2020 an Embraer 195-200 on final approach to Sao Paulo Congonhas was given clearance to land on a runway where the same controller had already cleared a Boeing 737-800 to line up and wait. Despite good day visibility and a late call from the E195 crew querying about an aircraft on the runway, only a call from the 737 prompted the controller to instruct the E195 to go around. The E195 crew then commenced the go-around after a repeat instruction. The resulting vertical clearance between the E195 and the 737 was calculated as 22 metres.

Description

On 3 December 2020 an Embraer 195-200 (PR-AUJ) operated by Azul was on a scheduled passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont to Sao Paulo Congonhas as AZU4003 and on final approach. Meanwhile, a Boeing 737-800 (PR-GUD)  operated by GOL on a scheduled passenger flight had lined up to depart from runway 35L at Sao Paulo Congonhas for Salvador as GLO1770. The two aircraft came into very close proximity (22 metres vertically) in day visual conditions (VMC) after the E195 was twice instructed to make a very late go-around (both times using an incorrect callsign prefix). 

B738-E195-SaoPaulo-2020-RWYs&TWR

The runways at Sao Paulo Congonhas relative to the Control Tower location. [Reproduced from the Official Report]

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