Final Report A320 (EC-KLT) & B738 (EI-EPA), Barcelona Spain, 29 April 2022
Final Report A320 (EC-KLT) & B738 (EI-EPA), Barcelona Spain, 29 April 2022
On 29 April 2022, an Airbus A320 and a Boeing 737-800 both came into close proximity at Barcelona at night - 247 metres laterally and 44 feet vertically - after the A320 received landing clearance for runway 02 and the 737 was then given takeoff clearance on runway 06R. Both aircraft were following ATC instructions issued shortly after runway use had changed from daytime (parallel runways in use) to nightime configuration (near-intersecting runways in use). The landing clearance was issued contrary to procedures by a controller who had failed to reconfigure their position when runway use changed.







