In the early hours of Saturday, IndiGo flight 5053, arriving from Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport (IDR), was touchdown on Runway 27 whereas Air India flight 657 was nonetheless in the course of of taking off for Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (TRV). Both flights concerned Airbus A320neo plane. The shut timing of the touchdown and take-off created a hazardous state of affairs that might have resulted in a serious accident. In immediately’s DNA, Pratyush Khare analyses the near-miss accident.
Taking place at the Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, it looks like the planes are performing stunts. In the video, you will notice these planes showing far aside, however their distance is just a matter of seconds. Here, Indigo and Air India flights are touchdown and taking off on the similar runway.
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Now, think about if the first aircraft had delayed its take-off by just a few seconds, each flights may have collided. A significant accident may have occurred. The Indigo aircraft had landed in Mumbai from Indore, and the Air India aircraft was taking off for Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has two runways, however just one runway can function at a time as a result of the two runways cross one another. More than 1,000 flights function from these two runways on daily basis. That means that all and a half minutes, both a aircraft is taking off or touchdown. The fixed use of solely two runways and the excessive quantity of flights all the time pose a threat of accidents.
After the incident of two planes approaching the similar runway at the similar time, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has began an investigation into the matter. Additionally, an Air Traffic Control officer has been suspended.
