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Serious Incident to the Airbus A320 registered VT-WAK and operated by Go Airlines and the Boeing 737 registered VT-JFM and operated by Jet Airways on 09/06/2017 en route [Investigation led by AIB / India]

Perte de séparation entre deux avions en descente

Responsible entity

India - AIB

Preliminary data based on the notification frorm the Indian authorities :

GO Air, GOW171, Indian registered aircraft, VT-WAK from Delhi to Pune was initially issued descend to FL200. Jet Airways, JAI392, another Indian registered aircraft, VT-JFM from Shamshabad to Mumbai was holding over EMRAK and descending to FL160 in the hold.GOW171 was instructed to descend to FL100. TCAS-RA took place beyond 60 NM east of Mumbai while GOW171 was crossing the EMRAK hold from north to south and JAI392 was in the hold on outbound leg.The recorded lateral and vertical separation was 2.8 NM on crossing track and 100 feet respectively. The standard lateral and vertical separation should have been 10 NM and 1000 feet respectively.