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| Date: | Tuesday 26 August 2008 |
| Time: | 07:52 |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-258 |
| Owner/operator: | El Al Israel Airlines |
| Registration: | 4X-EBU |
| MSN: | 26053/529 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 20 NM south of Budapest FIR -
 Hungary
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV/LLBG) |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB Hungary |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ELY347 entered the Hungarian airspace at FL380 at point BABIT. Subsequently, ELY337 entered Hungarian airspace at point TONDO. Due to a misunderstood call sign mistake, ELY347 descended from FL380 to FL340 instead of ELY337 and so got in conflict with flight FHY115 flying below it on FL360.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.kbsz.hu/j25/dokumentumok/eng/2008-252-4_en.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/6341748 (Photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2025 16:25 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 15-Jun-2025 16:26 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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