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| Date: | Saturday 15 January 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Air Arabia |
| Registration: | A6-ANS |
| MSN: | 5772 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | IDEBA waypoint, West of Sukkur -
 Pakistan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
| Sharjah Airport (SHJ/OMSJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI Pakistan |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
SpiceJet flight SEJ711, a Boeing 737-8 MAX (VT-MXK) and Air Arabia flight ABY531 , an Airbus A320 (A6-ANS) were involved in an airprox incident.
At 08:43 UTC, when ABY531 was passing FL330 for FL340, over IDEBA, the pilot reported a TCAS RA and stopped the climb. Later on the aircraft climbed to FL340. The only traffic present was SEJ711 maintaining FL350 reciprocal to ABY531 at 5NM.
Cause
"Activation of TCAS – RA (MAC – Mid Air Collision) due to high Rate of Climb by ABY531 incurred during severe to moderate turbulence on route G214."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-airbus-a320-registered-a6-ans-operated-by-air-arabia-and-to-the-boeing-737-registered-vt-mxk-operated-by-spicejet-on-15-01-2022-en-route/
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2023 17:43 | harro | Added |
| 19-Sep-2025 16:39 | ASN | Updated [Location, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
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