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| Date: | Friday 6 April 2012 |
| Time: | 13:42 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-838 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Qantas |
| Registration: | VH-VXI |
| MSN: | 33479/1141 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Tindal Aerodrome, 145° M 17Km, NT -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Melbourne International Airport, VIC (MEL/YMML) |
| Shanghai Pudong International Airport (ZSPD) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Boeing Company 737-838 aircraft (B737), registered VH-VXI, on a scheduled passenger flight from Sydney, New South Wales to Darwin, Northern Territory and an Airbus Industries A330-243 aircraft (A330), registered B-6073, on a scheduled passenger flight from Melbourne, Victoria to Shanghai, China were on converging tracks at Flight Level (FL) 360. As the aircraft approached Tindal, Northern Territory, a breakdown of separation occurred when the distance between the aircraft reduced to about 3.5 NM before vertical separation was established. The incident occurred about 16 minutes after a handover between two Air Traffic Controllers.
Sources:
ATSB AO-2012-048
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| 10 March 2025 | VH-VXI | Qantas | 0 | N of Sydney, NSW | |
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