# NTSB CEN13WA470: Geneva, Switzerland, May 26, 2013

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 26, 2013, 10:43 local (10:43 UTC)
- Place: Geneva, Switzerland
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Swiss Accident Investigation Board
- NTSB case key (mKey): 87709
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13WA470
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87709/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13WA470

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Factual narrative

On May 26, 2013, at 1043 coordinated universal time, an Airbus A319, United Kingdom registered G-EZAU, a Boeing 737, German registered D-ABKB, and a Boeing 737, United Kingdom registered G-TAWF, came in close proximity near Geneva, Switzerland. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the occurrence. Neither passengers nor flight crew aboard the three airplanes were injured. The Swiss investigators received reports that the three airplanes came in close proximity of each other while en route. Two airplanes were in level flight and the third airplane was climbing. The incident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Swiss government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Swiss government or Swiss Accident Investigation Board. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Swiss Accident Investigation Board SAIB Aéropôle 1, Route de Morens CH-1530 Payerne Switzerland info@sust.admin.ch

## Aircraft

- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 6.2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Observed at: LSGG

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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