{"id":6972,"date":"2019-12-08T22:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T04:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2019-12-08T22:15:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T04:15:35","slug":"atsb-australia-investigating-separation-incident-at-albury-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6972","title":{"rendered":"ATSB Australia Investigating Separation Incident at Albury Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says it is investigating a separation issue involving a Virgin Australia ATR 72-600 turboprop and Piper PA-28 light aircraft at Albury Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident occurred on October 19 2019 when the Virgin Australia 72-600 VH-FVR was operating a regular public transport (RPT) flight from Sydney to Albury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While passing through 1,300 ft and on a straight in approach to runway 25 at Albury Airport in visual meteorological conditions, the ATSB said the Virgin Australia turboprop received a traffic collision avoidance system alert on the PA-28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The single-engine PA-28 VH-XDI,\u00a0which was operated by the Australian Airline Pilot Academy, was turning final for Runway 25, the ATSB said in a short statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe flight crew of the ATR 72 conducted a missed approach to increase separation between the two aircraft,\u201d the ATSB said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs part of the investigation, the ATSB will interview directly involved parties and obtain other relevant information, including recorded data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ATSB described the event as a near collision and a serious incident. There were no injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, it said the investigation was expected to be completed by the second quarter of calendar 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, should a critical safety issue be identified during the course of the investigation, the ATSB said it would immediately notify relevant stakeholders in order that appropriate and timely safety action could be taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Australian Airline Pilot Academy is a subsidiary of Regional Express (Rex), which recently bought another pilot training school based in Ballarat,\u00a0ST Aerospace Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virgin Australia had eight ATR 72 turboprops in its fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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