[French] Final Report H25B B738 en route south eastern Senegal, 5 Sept 2015 PART 3

[French] Final Report H25B B738 en route south eastern Senegal, 5 Sept 2015 PART 3

Publication info
Author
BEA (Senegal)
Category
Human Factors Loss of Separation Loss of Control
Date of publication
01/08/2017

On 5 September 2015, a Boeing 737-800 cruising as cleared at FL350 on an ATS route in daylight collided with an opposite direction HS 125-700 which had been assigned and acknowledged altitude of FL340. The 737 continued to destination with winglet damage apparently causing no control impediment but radio contact with the HS 125 was lost and it was subsequently radar-tracked maintaining FL350 and continuing westwards past its destination Dakar for almost an hour before making an uncontrolled descent into the sea. The Investigation found that the HS125 had a recent history of un-rectified altimetry problems which prevented TCAS activation.

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