Qatar B788 and Qatar A332 near Chennai on Feb 17th 2018, loss of separation

Last Update: March 8, 2018 / 21:43:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qatar Airways

Flight number
QR-825

Departure
Krabi, Thailand

Destination
Doha, Qatar

Aircraft Registration
A7-ACK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

A Qatar Airways Airbus A330-200, registration A7-ACK performing flight QR-825 from Krabi (Thailand) to Doha (Qatar), was enroute at FL380 about 75nm northeast of Chennai (India).

A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-800, registration A7-BDA performing flight QR-956 from Doha (Qatar) to Jakarta (Indonesia), was enroute at FL370 on the same airway in opposite direction about 70nm northeast of Chennai when the crew requested to climb to FL390 and were cleared to climb to FL390.

As result both aircraft received and complied with TCAS resolution advisories, QR-956 was instructed to descend and descended back to FL370, QR-825 was instructed to climb and reached FL386 before being clear of conflict. QR-825 returned to FL380 and continued to Doha for a safe landing, QR-956 was cleared to climb to FL390 a second time and this time climed without further incident arriving in Jakarta safely.

India's Authorities rated the occurrence a serious incident.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qatar Airways

Flight number
QR-825

Departure
Krabi, Thailand

Destination
Doha, Qatar

Aircraft Registration
A7-ACK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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