Initial assessment is that this incident is a violation of the minimum separation standards between aircraft and “airborne collision avoidance alarm”. The incident must be reported according to the aviation safety reporting regulations of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.
Immediately after the incident, the Southern Air Traffic Management Company temporarily suspended the relevant air traffic controllers and conducted an investigation into the incident, and reported to the competent authority as prescribed. Accordingly, no flight crew including the Chief of Flight Operations, the direct controller (EC) and the coordination controller (PLC), and the supervisory controller were assigned to assist in the investigation of the incident.
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Tan Son Nhat International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower. |
“VATM always identifies safe and efficient flight operations for all flights as its top priority. The unit's leaders always advocate for continuous improvement of capacity and ensuring the quality of flight services."
VATM leadership representative
After receiving the information, VATM leaders immediately decided to establish an internal investigation team led by the Head of the Quality Safety Department to clarify the cause of the incident. VATM's representative said that the investigation team is currently performing its duties at the Southern Air Traffic Management Company. When the official results are available, VATM will officially announce the information according to regulations.
“VATM always identifies safe and effective flight operations for all flights as its top priority. The unit’s leaders always advocate for continuous improvement of capacity and ensuring the quality of flight services. VATM is currently responsible for providing flight operations assurance services in the entire sovereign airspace of Vietnam’s territory and territorial waters and at all airports and airfields nationwide,” affirmed a representative of VATM’s leadership.
The on-duty crew organized a commentary right after the shift about the above incident. The Southern Air Traffic Management Company also organized a commentary and drew lessons from the above situation for all the air traffic controllers of ACC HCM.
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