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| Date: | Monday 12 April 2021 |
| Time: | 11:10 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas MD-83 |
| Owner/operator: | Caspian Airlines |
| Registration: | EP-CAS |
| MSN: | 53623/2276 |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | W of Isfahan -
 Iran
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |
| Kish Island Airport (KIH/OIBK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Qatar Airways flight QR739, a Airbus A350-1041 (A7-ANO) was en route over Iran at FL340 when a TCAS Resolution Advisory (RA) alerted the crew to climb to maintain separation from a Caspian Airlines MD-83 (EP-CAS) Flight CPN6984. While climbing, a stall warning occurred.
The MD-83 had climbed 400 feet above the cleared level due to an autopilot malfunction.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-airbus-a350-registered-a7-ano-operated-by-qatar-airways-and-to-the-mcdonnell-douglas-md83-registered-ep-cas-operated-by-caspian-airlines-on-12-04-2021-en-route/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a7-ano#275f37ac
https://www.cao.ir/web/english/investigation-reports?p_p_id=NetFormGetFile_WAR_NetForm&p_p_lifecycle=2&p_p_resource_id=getFile&_NetFormGetFile_WAR_NetForm_file=aCtwR3FHVEgwaUJDQmJMTHNLOFNVNTVCQXZKSzl2RGtZVlBDNnVFV0d2eStpMXNkRTZ2ZG5jZk8zeSsvUWhLaGZCcWRCbXFaTXJZQgppVTVwNDAzT3VnPT0=.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 July 2018 | EP-CAS | Caspian Airlines | 0 | Sari Airport (SRY/OINZ) | |
min |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2021 17:38 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 06-Jan-2022 12:15 | xrecovery9 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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