THY A21N and SunExpress B738 over Skopje on Sep 7th 2024, TCAS at the rescue
Last Update: September 16, 2024 / 16:45:52 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 7, 2024
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-1358
Departure
Madrid, Spain
Destination
Istanbul, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
TC-LPB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
A Sunexpress Boeing 737-800, registration TC-SEZ performing flight XQ-690 from Dalaman (Turkey) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was enroute at FL360 nearing Skopje on a converging trajectory at the same time.
TCAS resolution advisories instructed the Boeing to climb while the A321 was instructed to descend. Both crews complied, the A321 subsequently continued the descend to FL340.
Both aircraft continued to their destinations for safe landings.
North Macedonia's Civil Aviation Authority opened an investigation into the occurrence into the severe loss of separation.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 7, 2024
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-1358
Departure
Madrid, Spain
Destination
Istanbul, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
TC-LPB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
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