Seriously near Air Miss over Annecy, France

The Swiss BFU is belatedly reporting that there's an investigation under way into an 08 February airmiss at Flight Level 250 between a C130 and a Tupolev 154 (UN-85173) of the State Air Company Berkut Kazakhstan. The Tupolev was en route from Grenoble to Almaty. It had been cleared to climb from FL240 to FL260. An Air Algérie Lockheed Hercules (7T-WHB) was en route from Pardubice to Boufarik at FL250.

Both planes were on a collision course near the KOGAS beacon. Geneva controllers received a short term conflict alert (STCA) and the student controller instructed the Tupolev to halt its climb at FL250. The instructor controller intervened and ordered the Tupolev to climb to FL300 as fast as possible. The minimum distance was 100 feet vertical and 0,4nm horizontal, well inside any safe separation. SkyGuide Safety Management is conducting a parallel investigation.