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Qantas Near Miss over Darwin Under ATSB Investigation

What: Qantas Boeing 737-800 en route from Darwin to Melbourne
What: Qantas Boeing 717 arriving en route from Alice Springs to Darwin
Where: Darwin
When: Oct 2, 2012
Who: (up to) 295 aboard
Why: Two Qantas flights came to within 250 metres of each other over Darwin were caught not by the human ATC, but only by the traffic collision avoidance system on board the plane from Alice Springs. The system reported the other plane was 247 metres below.

An investigation is currently underway to determine if the Darwin a defence air traffic controller sent the jets on a collision course.

The Qantas-badged 717 was operated by Cobham, a flight contractor.

See the ATSB Investigation on Loss of separation assurance VH-NXQ / QFA A839, near Darwin NT, 2 October 2012 Investigation Number:AO-2012-131

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