Ryanair B738 near Ovda on Mar 1st 2016, no loss of separation with military aircraft

Last Update: March 1, 2016 / 17:53:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2016

Classification
News

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-2616

Departure
Krakow, Poland

Destination
Ovda, Israel

Aircraft Registration
EI-FIA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-FIA performing flight FR-2616 from Krakow (Poland) to Ovda (Israel) with 162 passengers, had already left cruise altitude on descent towards Ovda and was maintaining FL270, when the crew sighted two Israeli F-16 Fighter aircraft possibly climbing through the Boeing's flight path, the Ryanair crew queried with ATC and the fighter aircraft descended away. No loss of separation occurred, no TCAS resolution or traffic advisory activated. The Boeing continued for a safe landing in Ovda about 25 minutes later.

Israeli Media, and global media referring to the Israeli media, are reporting the Boeing 737-800 nearly collided with the F-16s and flew evasive maneouvers, several media claim it was flight FR-2617 from Ovda to Krakow at about 8000 feet, others report FR-2616 nearly collided with the F-16s at FL270.

Radar data analysis shows no anomaly whatsoever in the flight trajectories for flights FR-2616 and FR-2617.

Ryanair told The Aviation Herald: "This flight from Krakow to Eilat Ovda (1 Mar) was cruising at 27,000 ft in Israeli airspace when two military aircraft (over 3 miles away) were noticed by the crew ascending towards the Ryanair aircraft flight path. The crew notified local ATC and the military aircraft descended away from the Ryanair jet, which continued on to Eilat Ovda and landed without incident. These military aircraft were at all times over 3 miles away from the Ryanair aircraft, so the reports of a 'nearly crash' or 'evasive manoeuvres' are all false and invented. All passengers on board the Ryanair aircraft noticed nothing, since our aircraft never diverted from its cleared flight path to Ovda."
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2016

Classification
News

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-2616

Departure
Krakow, Poland

Destination
Ovda, Israel

Aircraft Registration
EI-FIA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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