New Delhi: Senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said on Wednesday that two Indigo flights soon after taking off at Bengaluru airport on the morning of January 9 The collision was averted in mid-air. He said the incident was not recorded in any logbook nor was it reported by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Meanwhile, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Arun Kumar told PTI that the aviation regulator is probing the incident and will take strict action against those found guilty. IndiGo and AAI did not respond to PTI’s request for a statement on the matter.
DGCA officials said two IndiGo aircraft – 6E455 (Bengaluru to Kolkata) and 6E246 (Bengaluru to Bhubaneshwar) – were involved in ‘violation of separation’ at the Bengaluru airport. A separation violation occurs when two aircraft exceed the minimum mandated vertical or horizontal distance in the airspace.
The two planes took off from Bengaluru airport in a span of about five minutes on the morning of January 9, officials said. An official said, “After departure, both the aircraft were moving towards each other. The ‘Approach Radar Controller’ indicated a diverging heading, which averted an in-air collision between the two aircraft.
