On 29 April 2022, an Airbus A320 and a Boeing 737-800 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 not reconfigured his position when runway use changed.
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On 29 April 2022, an Airbus A320 (EC-KLT) operated by Vueling on a scheduled international passenger flight from Amsterdam to Barcelona as VY8307 and a Boeing 737-800 (EI-EPA) operated by Ryanair on a scheduled international passenger flight from Barcelona to London Luton as FR7808 came into close proximity. The event happened in night visual conditions (VMC) when the A320 passed over runway 06R at 59 feet agl as the 737 was accelerating for the instructed immediate takeoff on that runway and only 285 metres from the A320 overflight track. Three seconds before the aircraft tracks crossed, the A320 was instructed to go around.
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