TCAS Resolution Advisory Involving Salam Air and Saudi Arabian Airlines in Muscat FIR (A4O-OVH)

Incident Overview and Aircraft Details On 4 July 2022 at 03:42 UTC, a Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) Resolution Advisory (RA) was issued between two commercial aircraft operating in the Muscat Flight Information Region (FIR) in the Sultanate of Oman. The incident involved Salam Air flight OMS598, an Airbus 320neo registered A4O-OVH, and Saudi Arabian Airlines flight SVA985, a Boeing 777 registered HZ-AK73. The event was classified as a serious incident by the Oman Transport Safety Bureau (OTSB) under case file number IIFN/001/07/2022. The final report was published on 19 July 2023. The Salam Air aircraft was operating from Khartoum, Sudan, to Muscat, Oman, while the Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft was en route from Hyderabad, India, to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. At the time of the occurrence, the aircraft were positioned over reporting point EGVAN, approximately 100 nautical miles west of Muscat. The Salam Air flight carried 6 crew members and 160 passengers, while the Saudi Arabian Airlines flight had 3 crew members and 2 passengers aboard. No fatalities or serious injuries were reported among personnel on either aircraft, and there was no damage to property or the environment.