British Airways A319 at Milan on Oct 29h 2016, near collision with light aircraft on final approach
Last Update: February 28, 2017 / 13:55:42 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 29, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Near collision
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-576
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Milan Linate, Italy
Aircraft Registration
G-EUPB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
Airport
Linate Airport, Milan
Airport ICAO Code
LIML
British Airways confirmed the occurrence telling The Aviation Herald: "In accordance with our obligations a report was submitted to the appropriate UK authorities and we have co-operated with investigations conducted by the Italian authorities."
On Feb 28th 2017 Italy's ANSV responded to our inquiry submitted on Feb 24th stating that no investigation was opened into the occurrence.
Metars:
LIML 291220Z 24004KT 200V280 CAVOK 17/11 Q1026 NOSIG=
LIML 291150Z 24004KT 200V280 CAVOK 16/11 Q1027 NOSIG=
LIML 291120Z 21005KT 180V250 CAVOK 15/11 Q1027 NOSIG=
LIML 291050Z 22006KT 190V260 CAVOK 14/10 Q1028 NOSIG=
LIML 291020Z 22006KT 190V270 CAVOK 14/10 Q1028 NOSIG=
LIML 290950Z 23006KT 180V270 CAVOK 13/10 Q1029 NOSIG=
LIML 290920Z 23008KT 180V260 CAVOK 11/10 Q1029 NOSIG=
LIML 290850Z 25006KT 7000 NSC 10/09 Q1029 NOSIG=
LIML 290820Z 24004KT 210V270 7000 NSC 09/09 Q1029 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 29, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Near collision
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-576
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Milan Linate, Italy
Aircraft Registration
G-EUPB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
Airport
Linate Airport, Milan
Airport ICAO Code
LIML
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