V Australia, Air NZ jets in Fiji airprox

The Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji (CAAFI) is investigating how a V Australia Boeing 777 and an Air New Zealand 767 ended up in close proximity in airspace near Nadi.

According to The Fiji Times, the incident happened on May 7 at approximately 1600hrs local time, with both aircraft in controlled airspace approximately 100nm from Nadi. Some reports claim that the Air New Zealand aircraft passed the Los Angeles bound V Australia 777’s nose by 2nm with a vertical clearance of 800ft, causing a TCAS alert in both aircraft, although Air New Zealand says that the aircraft were separated by 10nm and had contact with each other at the time of the incident.