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Boeing 737, Airbus A319. No damage. No injuries.
A Boeing 737-800 with 99 passengers and six crewmembers inadvertently was taxied beyond the assigned runway-holding position and into the path of an Airbus A319 that was on short final approach to Dublin (Ireland) International Airport with 125 passengers and five crewmembers the morning of Oct. 16, 2010.
The A319 flight crew had spotted the encroaching 737 and had initiated a go-around less than 200 ft above the ground and 0.4 nm (0.7 km) from the A319’s projected runway-touchdown point, said the report on the serious incident by Ireland’s Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU).
The AAI…
