- Date
- October 20, 2012, 11:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place
- Riga, Latvia
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737Embraer
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 85388
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Sequence of events
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Factual narrative
On October 20, 2012 about 1150 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a loss of separation occurred when a Boeing operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and an Embraer operated by Finnair came within 4.2 nautical miles laterally and 700 feet vertically of each other in the vicinity of point ATRAK near Riga, Latvia. The incident is being investigated by the Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau (TAIIB) of the Republic of Latvia. Inquiries regarding this incident should be directed to: Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau Brivibas Street 58, Room 209 LV-1011 Riga Latvia
On October 20, 2012, about 1150 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a loss of separation occurred when a Boeing operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and an Embraer operated by Finnair came within 4.2 nautical miles laterally and 700 feet vertically of each other in the vicinity of point ATRAK near Riga, Latvia. The incident is being investigated by the Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau (TAIIB) of the Republic of Latvia. Inquiries regarding this incident should be directed to: Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau Brivibas Street 58, Room 209 LV-1011 Riga Latvia
Aircraft · 2
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (8)
- Damage
- No damage
- Operator
- Klm Royal Dutch Airlines
- Reported as
- Embraer
- Damage
- No damage
- Operator
- Finnair Oy