Canada A320 at Toronto on Jan 25th 2018, climbed above cleared altitude causing loss of separation
Last Update: February 9, 2018 / 20:20:52 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 25, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-418
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FTJO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The Canadian TSB reported the aircraft was seen at 7500 feet on radar although cleared to 7000 feet only. A Westjet Boeing 737-800 was maintaining 8000 feet, the separation between the aircraft reduced to 500 feet vertical and 2.0nm laterally where 3.0nm laterally or 1000 feet vertically were required.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 25, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-418
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FTJO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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