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
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 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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