B738 / E135, en-route, Mato Grosso Brazil, 2006

B738 / E135, en-route, Mato Grosso Brazil, 2006

Summary

On 29 September 2006, a Boeing 737-800 level at FL370 collided with an opposite direction Embraer Legacy at the same level. Control of the 737 was lost and it crashed, killing all 154 occupants. The Legacy's crew kept control and successfully diverted to the nearest suitable airport. The Investigation found that ATC had not instructed the Legacy to descend to FL360 when the flight plan indicated this and soon afterwards, its crew had inadvertently switched off their transponder. After the consequent disappearance of altitude from all radar displays, ATC assumed but did not confirm the aircraft had descended.

Description

On 29 September 2006, a Boeing 737-800 (PR-GTD) being operated by Gol on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Manaus to Rio de Janeiro with a technical stop in Brasilia as GLO 1907 was level at FL370 when it collided in Class 'A' RVSM airspace with an opposite direction Embraer Legacy (N600XL), a variant of the Embraer 135. The Legacy was being operated by ExcelAire on a delivery flight from São José dos Campos to Fort Lauderdale FL USA with an overnight technical stop at Manaus. Following the collision, the 737 crew were unable to keep control of their aircraft and it crashed killing all 154 occupants but the Legacy was able to divert without further event to the military airport at Cachimbo and there were no injuries to its 7 occupants.

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