B738 / A321, Venice Italy, 2022

B738 / A321, Venice Italy, 2022

Summary

On 18 October 2022, an Airbus A321 on approach to Venice in thick fog was observed on TCAS by a Boeing 737-800 crew awaiting takeoff clearance from the same runway after a lineup and wait instruction. When no takeoff clearance followed, the 737 crew transmitted, advising its position without any response. The crew then transmitted on 121.5, instructing the A321 to go around, and they received no response. They were about to vacate the runway when the controller instructed the A321 to go around, which only  occurred as it approached 100 feet AGL. The controller involved had failed to plug in his headset properly.

Description

On 18 October 2022, an Airbus A321 (EC-JRE) operated by Iberia on a scheduled international passenger flight from Madrid to Venice as IB3242 initiated a very low go-around from an ILS Cat 3 approach in thick fog when instructed to by ATC. This was necessary because a Boeing 737-800 (EI-EBE) operated by Ryanair on a scheduled international passenger flight from Venice to London Stansted as FR973 was still on the runway after a line up and wait clearance had been given. The A321 had not made any calls to TWR, and the late instruction and slow response meant that it passed very close overhead the 737.

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