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| Date: | Saturday 11 January 2025 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-323 |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | N820NW |
| MSN: | 859 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 245 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Near Phoenix Sky-Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX/KPHX) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW) |
| Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX/KPHX) |
Delta Flight 1070 was scheduled to fly from Detroit to Phoenix when it came within 425ft Vertically and 1/4 of a mile Horizontally from United Flight 1724 on approach. ATC cleared United 1724 to land on runway 7 while also clearing Delta 1070 to turn toward Runway 8. TCAS Activated on both aircraft.
Sources:
FAA
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/14/nx-s1-5259676/faa-investigation-near-collision-phoenix-delta-united
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/14/us/phoenix-airport-near-collision-hnk
https://www.jetphotos.com/info/A330%2F40-549
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 December 2009 | N820NW | Northwest Airlines | 0 | near Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW) | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2025 07:23 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 18-Jan-2025 14:57 | Boeing Guy56 | Updated [Registration, Cn, ] |
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