Overview
- A 23-page preliminary report reconstructs the 21 September incident and favors the hypothesis that the Nouvelair crew aligned with runway 04R while cleared for 04L.
- Recorded communications show the tower requested and confirmed 04L at least five times before alerts were triggered in the control tower.
- The arriving A320 overflew an EasyJet A320 by roughly 3 meters, executed a go-around, and then landed safely on 04L minutes later.
- The BEA classifies the event as an "incident grave" and will examine weather conditions, runway lighting and visual differences, prior confusion events, and procedures and training for crews and controllers.
- The Nice prosecutor has opened an endangerment case handled by the airborne transport gendarmerie, an air navigation service internal review is under way, and 358 people were aboard the two jets.