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Turkish Airlines A330F Airprox with Flydubai 737 Max 9 over Mumbai FIR
Occurred 30 Aug 2025·Detected 19 May 2026·
🇮🇳 Mumbai Flight Information Region (FIR), India — Route P5741 reportEnded 29 May 2026
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On 30 August 2025, a Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-200F freighter (TC-JOO) climbed without ATC clearance after the first officer misinterpreted an ATC message light, resulting in a loss of separation with a Flydubai Boeing 737 Max 9 (A6-FKR) carrying 173 passengers and crew. The two aircraft came within less than 1,000ft vertical separation along Route P574 in Mumbai's flight information region. India's AAIB has released its final investigation report, attributing the incident to absence of required cross-verification and misinterpretation of the message light. The A330F also suffered loss of separation with a Qatar Airways A320 and an Emirates 777-300ER during the same incident.
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Impact verdict
Medium impact. While no physical damage or casualties occurred and both aircraft continued to their destinations, the incident involved a passenger aircraft with 173 persons on board and multiple losses of separation, creating potential liability and regulatory exposure for Turkish Airlines and associated underwriters.
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The incident occurred on 30 August 2025 at approximately 05:17 local time over Mumbai's flight information region.▾
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Turkish Airlines A330-200F (TC-JOO) was operating Chennai to Istanbul; Flydubai 737 Max 9 (A6-FKR) was operating Dubai to Calicut.▾
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The two aircraft came within less than 1,000ft vertical separation and 3nm horizontal proximity.▾
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The A330F first officer misinterpreted an illuminated blue ATC message light as climb clearance; clearance had not been granted.▾
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India's AAIB identified two probable causes: absence of cross-verification and misinterpretation of the message light.▾
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The A330F also lost separation with a Qatar Airways A320 and an Emirates 777-300ER.▾
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Both aircraft continued to their destinations without further incident.▾
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AAIB recommended Turkish Airlines reinforce controller-pilot communications and amend its operators' manual.▾
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The Flydubai 737 was carrying 173 passengers and crew.▾
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The pilot-in-command of the A330F was on controlled rest when the incident occurred.▾
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ATC responded 'Unable due to traffic' to the climb request, but the first officer did not register this as a denial.▾
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Whether Turkish Airlines has implemented the AAIB's recommended procedural changes.▾
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Whether any regulatory enforcement action has been or will be taken against Turkish Airlines or the crew members involved.▾
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Affected countries
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇮🇳 India🇹🇷 Turkey
Timeline
Status Change2 Jun 2026, 13:05
Lifecycle changed
monitoring → closed
Closure2 Jun 2026, 13:05
Event Closed
auto_closed_monitoring_timeout
Status Change29 May 2026, 05:30
Status changed to monitoring
Auto-transitioned: no updates for 6 hours
active → monitoring
Status Change28 May 2026, 22:36
Status changed to active
remediation: existing authoritative signal
signal → active
Initial Detection19 May 2026, 09:24
Initial Detection
On 30 August 2025, a Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-200F freighter (TC-JOO) climbed without ATC clearance after the first officer misinterpreted an ATC message light, resulting in a loss of separation with a Flydubai Boeing 737 Max 9 (A6-FKR) carrying 173 passengers and crew. The two aircraft came within less than 1,000ft vertical separation along Route P574 in Mumbai's flight information region. India's AAIB has released its final investigation report, attributing the incident to absence of required cross-verification and misinterpretation of the message light. The A330F also suffered loss of separation with a Qatar Airways A320 and an Emirates 777-300ER during the same incident.
The first officer noticed a blue ATC message light that illuminated, and assumed that clearance to climb was given. He initiated the climb, bringing the aircraft close to the Flydubai 737. The AAIB states the 737 was 3nm ahead and 2nm offset towards the right of the A330, prompting a traffic advisory signal on both aircraft.
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