Virgin Australia B738 near Bali, wake turbulence from A380

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A Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800, registration VH-YIO performing flight DJ-4198 from Denpasar Bali (Indonesia) to Brisbane,QL (Australia), was enroute about 140nm southeast of Bali (position approximately S10.44 E116.7855) when the aircraft encountered wake turbulence from an Emirates Airlines Airbus A380-800, registration A6-EDO performing flight EK-413 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates), flying in opposite direction. Both aircraft reached their destinations safely.

Australia's TSB reported initially the 737 had encountered the wake turbulence over Northern Territory of Australia at Sep 14th 08:12 CST (UTC+9.5, 22:42Z Sep 13th), The Aviation Herald attempted to identify the A380 with these data and was unable to identify any matching flight and sent an according inquiry to the ATSB which was left without reply.

The French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin on Sep 25th the wake turbulence occurred in Indonesian Airspace.

Following the inquiry by The Aviation Herald, although no reply was sent, the ATSB brief was updated to identify the wake turbulence happening 258km southeast of Bali Denpasar at 16:42Z, about half an hour after departure from Bali. The ATSB left the A380 unidentified, but have opened an investigation into the serious incident.

Radar data rule out any Qantas and Singapore Airlines A380 flight, however, the Emirates EK-413 flight overflew the turbulence location S10.44 E116.7855 at approximately 16:42Z.