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| Date: | Wednesday 15 November 2023 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Saab 340B+ |
| Owner/operator: | Rex Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-ZRC |
| MSN: | 340B-390 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Engine model: | General Electric Company CT7-9B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 3 NM 95° from Narromine Aerodrome, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Broken Hill Airport, NSW (BHQ/YBHI) |
| Dubbo Airport, NSW (DBO/YSDU) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
REX Airlines flight ZL6869, a Saab 340B, was descending when the crew received a TCAS RA on a glider. After following the RA instructions, the crew of the Saab 340B detected the glider in close proximity.
Sources:
ATSB
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/zl6869#32d6ca7d
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 January 2006 | N390AE | American Eagle Airlines | 0 | over Santa Maria, CA |  |
non |
| 4 November 2022 | VH-ZRC | Rex Airlines | 0 | Flinders Island Airport, TAS (FLS/YFLI) | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2023 13:43 | harro | Added |
| 18-Dec-2023 13:46 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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