Swiss RJ1H near Zurich on May 8th 2013, near miss with paraglider
Last Update: August 21, 2013 / 16:18:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 8, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Swiss
Flight number
LX-781
Departure
Brussels, Belgium
Destination
Zurich, Switzerland
Aircraft Registration
HB-IYS
Aircraft Type
AVRO RJ-100 Avroliner
ICAO Type Designator
RJ1H
Germany's BFU reported in their monthly bulletin released on Aug 16th 2013, that the crew of the Avro estimated the minimum remaining separation at about 50-100 feet vertically and 50-100 meters horizontally. No damage occurred.
On Aug 21st 2013 Switzerland's SUST reported the BFU have delegated the investigation to the SUST.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 8, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Swiss
Flight number
LX-781
Departure
Brussels, Belgium
Destination
Zurich, Switzerland
Aircraft Registration
HB-IYS
Aircraft Type
AVRO RJ-100 Avroliner
ICAO Type Designator
RJ1H
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