Air India and IndiGo flights in near-miss at Delhi airport
A major accident was averted at Delhi airport today when an Air India and IndiGo aircraft came close to each other.
The Air India aircraft was taking off and the IndiGo aircraft was landing. This close shave happened when Air India's AI 156 with over 120 people on board was rolling at high speed to take off for Goa from IGIA's main runway 28 at about 11.30 am. "The air traffic control (ATC) asked the commander of AI flight to abort the takeoff immediately as another plane was landing on the runway," a source told TNN.
The AI plane, TNN adds, was at that time rolling at almost 100 knots or 185 kmph.
"AI was taking off from Runway 28. At the same time, IndiGo was landing on merging Runway 27. The AI aircraft was asked to return and it took off later at 12:50 pm," said sources.
Delhi airport is the only airport in the country that has three runways. While Runway 29 is a parallel runway, Runway 27 and 28 are not parallel runways.
With TNN inputs
The Air India aircraft was taking off and the IndiGo aircraft was landing. This close shave happened when Air India's AI 156 with over 120 people on board was rolling at high speed to take off for Goa from IGIA's main runway 28 at about 11.30 am. "The air traffic control (ATC) asked the commander of AI flight to abort the takeoff immediately as another plane was landing on the runway," a source told TNN.
The AI plane, TNN adds, was at that time rolling at almost 100 knots or 185 kmph.
"AI was taking off from Runway 28. At the same time, IndiGo was landing on merging Runway 27. The AI aircraft was asked to return and it took off later at 12:50 pm," said sources.
Delhi airport is the only airport in the country that has three runways. While Runway 29 is a parallel runway, Runway 27 and 28 are not parallel runways.
With TNN inputs
