Albastar B738 near Paris on Jul 21st 2023, radar contact lost for 20 minutes, loss of separation as result
Last Update: July 27, 2023 / 17:29:46 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 21, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Albastar
Flight number
AP-4651
Departure
London Stansted, United Kingdom
Destination
Lourdes, France
Aircraft Registration
EC-NGC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
An Air France Embraer ERJ-190, registration F-HBLD performing flight AF-1476 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Bilbao,SP (Spain), was enroute at FL350 in close proximity while the B738 was invisible on the radar due to their transponder not transmitting.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Lourdes for 2.5 hours, then departed for the return flight.
The French BEA reported they rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation. While the aircraft was in contact with the air traffic control center Brest radar contact was lost, an Air France Flight (AF-1476) reported they had passed the "lost" flight at the same flight level at less than 3nm distance.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 21, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Albastar
Flight number
AP-4651
Departure
London Stansted, United Kingdom
Destination
Lourdes, France
Aircraft Registration
EC-NGC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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