Emirates A388 over Northern Canada on Oct 30th 2014, climbed without clearance, separation not assured
Last Update: November 6, 2014 / 23:32:07 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 30, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Emirates Airlines
Flight number
EK-215
Departure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
A6-EEM
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
Around that time a Lufthansa Airbus A330-300, registration D-AIKC performing flight LH-492 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Vancouver,BC (Canada), crossed N70 W90 at FL380 at 16:30Z.
The Emirates A380 crossed N70 W90 at FL390 at 16:38Z.
Both flights continued to their destinations for safe landings.
The Canadian TSB reported: "A loss of separation occurred when vertical separation between UAE215 and DLH492 was not assured and lateral spacing was 8 minutes in an area where the separation standard was 10 minutes."
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 30, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Emirates Airlines
Flight number
EK-215
Departure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
A6-EEM
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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