ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234740
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| Date: | Sunday 27 May 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Europa |
| Registration: | EC-LVL |
| MSN: | 461 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 218 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport (MAD/LEMD) -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Milano-Malpensa Airport (MXP/LIMC) |
| Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport (MAD/LEMD) | |
| Investigating agency: | CIAIAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On Sunday, 27 May 2018, from 21:30 to 22:00, there were several losses of separation between aircraft in the Madrid CTR (control zone) as they were approaching the airport.
Before that, between 20:47 and 20:57, seven consecutive go-arounds occurred due to weather conditions; specifically, a sudden convective current that caused tailwind and wind shear. Due to the sudden change in wind speed and direction, the airport’s configuration was changed. The airport, which had been in a North Configuration before the event, changed to a South Configuration at 20:54.
The seven go-arounds, the adverse weather conditions and the change in the airport’s configuration complicated the air traffic management and gave rise to these losses of separation.
The fourth loss of separation involved Air Europa flight AEA5BN, a Boeing 737-800 (EC-LXV) and Air Europa flight AEA7EY, an Airbus A330-200 (EC-LVL).
As the two aircraft intercepted the runway localizers, they were separated by less than 2 NM.
The controller informed the crew of the aircraft with callsign AEA5BN of the traffic ahead of it; however, at no time did the controller inform the aircraft involved in the incident that they were each intercepting the localizer for their respective parallel runway.
During this loss of separation, the controller did not provide any type of instruction to the aircraft involved on what speed to maintain. Since one aircraft was approaching at a higher speed than the other one, the distance between them gradually grew closer.
The investigation has determined that these losses of separation were caused by the complex operational situation in the airspace of the Madrid TMA.
The following contributed to the incident:
- The unavailability of weather information tools that cover the entire airspace of the Madrid TMA.
- The sudden change in weather conditions, and specifically, in the wind speed and direction.
- The time needed to make the decision to change the runway configuration.
Sources:
CIAIAC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2020 11:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Source] |
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