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| Date: | Sunday 13 December 2020 |
| Time: | 21:09 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-328ER |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-GZNN |
| MSN: | 40376/1013 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Engine model: | General Electric GE90-115B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 490 km NNE of Caracas, Venezuela -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) |
| Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM/SPJC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Air France flight AF480, a Boeing 777-300ER (F-GZNN) and American Airlines flight AA1546, a Boeing 737-800 (N926NN) where involved in a serious airprox incident in Venezuelan Airspace over the Caribbean Sea.
Flight AA1546 had departed from Point Salines, Grenada, at 20:27 UTC, bound for Miami, USA. The aircraft climbed to the cruising altitude of FL380.
Meanwhile flight AF480 was en route from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, to Lima Airport, Peru at FL360. After crossing the KIKER waypoint into the Maiquetia FIR the aircraft began to climb to FL380.
A TCAS Resolution Advisory subsequently alerted both flights. Avoiding action was undertaken and both flights continued safely to their destinations.
Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-boeing-777-registered-f-gznn-operated-by-air-france-and-to-the-boeing-737-registered-n926nn-operated-by-american-airlines-on-13-12-2020-en-route/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/af480#264c90bb
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 2015 | F-GZNN | Air France | 0 | Mombasa-Moi International Airport (MBA/HKMO) |  |
non |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2021 09:17 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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