ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178566
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| Date: | 10-AUG-2015 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 |
| Owner/operator: | Brussels Airlines |
| Registration: | OO-SNB |
| C/n / msn: | 1493 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | near Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport (TLV/LLBG) -
 Israel
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) |
| Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport (TLV/LLBG) |
Brussels Airlines flight SN3289 from Brussels, Belgium was involved in an airprox incident involving a drone near Tel Aviv, Israel.
The aircraft, an Airbus A320, was flying a runway 30 RNAV GNSS approach to Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) at the time of the incident. It was descending from 4500 feet to 2500 feet on the downwind leg of the approach when at an altitude of 4000 feet, 2 miles past the REBDO waypoint, a black/blue quadcopter was observed by the crew. The drone passed from right to left at the same altitude, at a distance of about 100 meters.
The approach was continued and a safe landing was made.
Weather at Tel Aviv at the time of the incident included clear skies: METAR LLBG 101220Z 30010KT 270V330 CAVOK 32/22 Q1011 NOSIG
Sources:
http://aiai.mot.gov.il/publication-cbl/hodahot-cll/1236-1099
RNAV GNSS approach chart for runway 30: http://en.caa.gov.il/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2075&lang_ovrrde=ENG&iotype=w&Itemid=
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 May 2015 | OO-SNB | Brussels Airlines | 0 | Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT) |  |
min |
Images:
Photo of OO-SNB courtesy AirHistory.net
Brussels - National / Melsbroek (EBBR / EBMB / BRU)
12 September 2019; (c) Aad van der Voet
Flightradar24 approach track of SN3289.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2015 18:54 | harro | Added |
| 12-Aug-2015 18:55 | harro | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 12-Aug-2015 19:03 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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