Ethiopian B772 over Indonesia on Jan 14th 2019, air space violation

Last Update: January 17, 2019 / 12:21:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 14, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ethiopian Airlines

Flight number
ET-3728

Departure
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Destination
Hong Kong, China

Aircraft Registration
ET-AVN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-200 freighter, registration ET-AVN performing flight ET-3728 from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) to Hong Kong (China) with 6 crew, was enroute at FL410 near the equator crossing into Indonesian Airspace, about 1200nm south of the great circle route and the usual company route, when Indonesia dispatched fighter aircraft to intercept the freighter due to a missing overflight permission. The fighter aircraft accompanied the aircraft to Hang Nadim Airport on Indonesia's Island of Batam, where the aircraft landed safely about 9 hours after departure from Addis Ababa, at about the estimated time of arrival into Hong Kong.

Hang Nadim Airport reported the aircraft had departed Addis Ababa for Hong Kong.

Indonesia's Airforce reported the aircraft had no permission to overfly Indonesia and was intercepted as result. The aircraft has been directed to land on Batam Island and is currently being kept there.

The airline claimed the aircraft had departed Addis Ababa for Singapore (Singapore) to deliver a replacement engine to Singapore. According to ICAO convention article 5 an unscheduled flight can overfly the airspace of a friendly country without prior permission, the airline stated.

Freight flight ET-3728 usually operates from Addis Ababa or Brussels (Belgium) to Hong Kong, however, on Nov 25th 2018 and Dec 23rd 2018 the flight also operated from Addis Ababa to Singapore.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Hang Nadim for about 78 hours, then performed a quick 9 minute hop to Singapore, remained on the ground in Singapore for about 2 hours and departed Singapore for Hong Kong.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 14, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ethiopian Airlines

Flight number
ET-3728

Departure
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Destination
Hong Kong, China

Aircraft Registration
ET-AVN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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