Egypt B738 at Copenhagen on Jul 20th 2014, near collision with Cessna
Last Update: September 24, 2014 / 15:33:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 20, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Near collision
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-759
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark
Aircraft Registration
SU-GDY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A private Cessna 172 was performing a VFR flight from Bornholm to Copenhagen Roskilde Airport on a westerly course in radio contact with Sweden Control, the transponder did not provide an altitude read out, the pilot reported the Cessna was maintaining 4000 feet.
Denmark's Havarikommission (HCL) reported that according to radar data, no altitude readout available from the Cessna, the aircraft came within 0.1nm horizontally at the estimated same altitude at about 1nm east of Falsterbo (Sweden), within the limits of Copenhagen's TMA. The occurrence has been rated a serious incident, airproximity category A (risk of collision).
Both aircraft continued to their destinations for safe landings.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 20, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Near collision
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-759
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark
Aircraft Registration
SU-GDY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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