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| Date: | Friday 21 July 2023 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-809 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Albastar |
| Registration: | EC-NGC |
| MSN: | 28236/739 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | En route over France -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London-Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) |
| Lourdes-Tarbes Ossun Lourdes Airport (LDE/LFBT) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Albastar flight AP4423, a Boeing 737-800, was controlled by Brest ACC, radar contact with the aeroplane was lost.
The flight crew of Air France flight flight AF1476, an Embraer ERJ-190LR (F-HBLD), informed the Bordeaux controllers that they saw the aeroplane flying at the same level as them, at less than 3NM.
This was at about 08:53 UTC near Limoges.
Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-boeing-737-registered-ec-ngc-operated-by-albastar-on-21-07-2023-en-route/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ec-ngc#313bcb80
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2023 16:21 | harro | Added |
| 27-Jul-2023 16:22 | harro | Updated |
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