BEA - Aircraft Incident Report, loss of separation A318 and PC12, Bordeaux FIR, 2 June 2010

BEA - Aircraft Incident Report, loss of separation A318 and PC12, Bordeaux FIR, 2 June 2010

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BEA (France)
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Accident Reports Airworthiness Loss of Separation Human Factors

On 2 June 2010, an Airbus A318 being operated by Air France on a scheduled passenger flight from Lyon to Toulouse was about 90nm northeast of Toulouse when it came into close proximity in day VMC with a Spanish-registered Pilatus PC12 being operated by Norestair SL on a non revenue positioning flight from Buochs, Switzerland to San Sebastian, Spain which was travelling on the same track and in the same direction. A last minute sighting enabled a slight descent and divergent turn to be made. There was no TCAS Alert on either aircraft and the minimum separation after the avoiding action was estimated at between 15 and 30 metres horizontally and about 100 feet vertically.

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