Final Report B773 (A6-EBU), B738 (VH0VXS) & B738 (VH-VYE), Melbourne Australia, 5 July 2015
Final Report B773 (A6-EBU), B738 (VH0VXS) & B738 (VH-VYE), Melbourne Australia, 5 July 2015
On 5 July 2015, as a Boeing 777-300ER was departing Melbourne, two Boeing 737-800s which were initially on short final for intersecting runways with their ground separation dependent on one receiving a LAHSO clearance, went around. When both approaching aircraft did so, there was a loss of safe terrain clearance, safe separation and wake vortex separation between the three aircraft. The Investigation attributed the event to the actions of an inadequately supervised trainee controller and inappropriate intervention by a supervisory controller. It also identified a systemic safety issue generated by permitting LAHSO at night and a further flaw affecting the risk of all LAHSO at Melbourne.







