Algerie B738 and Cygnus B752 at Marseille on Sep 11th 2024, operational error causes loss of separation on runway

Last Update: September 22, 2024 / 22:38:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 11, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AH-1136

Aircraft Registration
7T-VKL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Air Algerie Boeing 737-800, registration 7T-VKL performing flight AH-1136 from Chlef (Algeria) to Marseille (France), was cleared to land on Marseille's runway 31R.

A Cygnus Air Boeing 757-200 on behalf of DHL, registration EC-NYM performing flight QY-1683 from Marseille (France) to Bologna (Italy), had previously been cleared to line up runway 31R and wait.

The B738 was descending through about 500 feet AGL when tower instructed the aircraft to go around due to other traffic on the runway.

The B738 positioned for another approach to runway 31R and landed safely about 13 minutes after the go around. The B752 departed and reached Bologna without further incident.

The French BEA rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 11, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AH-1136

Aircraft Registration
7T-VKL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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