Near Miss at Zurich Airport Involves OLT and Air Berlin Aircraft (D-ABGC)

Incident Overview and Aircraft Details On July 31, 2008, a serious aviation incident, classified as a near miss or airprox, occurred at Zurich Airport. The event involved two commercial aircraft: a Fairchild SA227AC Metroliner III with registration D-COLB, operated by OLT Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH as flight OLT 212, and an Airbus A319 with registration D-ABGC, operated by Air Berlin as flight BER 966Z. The OLT 212 was on a scheduled IFR flight from Bremen to Zurich, while the BER 966Z was preparing for a scheduled IFR departure from Zurich to Düsseldorf. Both aircraft were under the jurisdiction of Zurich Tower Aerodrome Control (ADC) at the time of the incident.