Volaris A20N at Mexico City on May 7th 2022, cleared to land on occupied runway

Last Update: May 19, 2022 / 22:28:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 7, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Volaris

Flight number
Y4-799

Departure
Mazatlan, Mexico

Destination
Mexico City, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
XA-VRV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

A Volaris Airbus A320-200N, registration XA-VRV performing flight Y4-799 from Mazatlan to Mexico City (Mexico), was on final approach to runway 05L cleared to land.

A Volaris Costa Rica Airbus A320-200N, registration N545VL performing flight Q6-4069 from Mexico City (Mexico) to Guatemala City (Guatemala), had been cleared to line up runway 05L some time earlier and was moving onto the runway, when some other crew on radio transmitted a warning about the developing conflict prompting the crew of Y4-799 to initiate a go around from low height (about 100 feet AGL).

Q6-4069 departed about 3 minutes later, Y4-799 positioned for another approach to runway 05R and landed safely.

Mexico's Ministry of Traffic reported they do not have a report about the occurrence.

On May 19th 2022 Mexico's AIB reported XA-VRV was cleared to land but needed to go around because the runway was occupied by N545VL. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 7, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Volaris

Flight number
Y4-799

Departure
Mazatlan, Mexico

Destination
Mexico City, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
XA-VRV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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