Delta B739 and Iceland B38M at Minneapolis on Jan 7th 2024, loss of separation at runway
Last Update: January 9, 2024 / 15:46:57 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 7, 2024
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-1888
Departure
Cancun, Mexico
Destination
Minneapolis, United States
Aircraft Registration
N858DZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900
ICAO Type Designator
B739
An Icelandair Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration TF-ICF performing flight FI-656 from Minneapolis,MN (USA) to Keflavik (Iceland), was cleared to line up runway 30L when the Delta was about 4nm out and was instructed to be ready for departure. About a minute later the aircraft was cleared for takeoff and began their departure roll when the arriving Delta was descending through 1200 feet about 1.3nm before the runway threshold.
About 35 seconds after the Iceland was cleared for takeoff Tower instructed the Delta to go around and turn left 30 degrees.
Tower handed both aircraft off to departure when the aircraft were on diverging trajectories.
According to ADS-B and FAA radar data the separation had reduced to about 0.9nm horizontal and 300 feet vertical.
Icelandair continued to destination without further incident, the Delta positioned for another approach to runway 30L and landed without further incident about 9 minutes after the go around.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 7, 2024
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-1888
Departure
Cancun, Mexico
Destination
Minneapolis, United States
Aircraft Registration
N858DZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900
ICAO Type Designator
B739
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