REPORT IN-007/2012 (Spanish), Loss of separation between A330 and A319, near Barcelona, 8 Feb 2012
REPORT IN-007/2012 (Spanish), Loss of separation between A330 and A319, near Barcelona, 8 Feb 2012
On 8 February 2012, a TCAS RA occurred between an Airbus A330 and an Airbus A319 both under ATC control for landing on runway 25R at Barcelona as a result of an inappropriate plan to change the sequence. The opposite direction aircraft both followed their respective RAs and minimum separation was 1.4 nm horizontally and 400 feet vertically. The Investigation noted that the use of Spanish to communicate with one aircraft and English to communicate with the other had compromised situational awareness of the crew of the latter who had also not had visual contact with the other aircraft.






