2 IndiGo planes avert mid-air collision over Bengaluru airport DGCA to probe take strict action
New Delhi Jan 19 PTI Two IndiGo planes averted mid-air collision over the Bengaluru airport just after their take-off on the morning of January 9 senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said on WednesdayThe incident was not logged in any logbook and it was not reported by the Airports Authority of India AAI either they saidMeanwhile DGCA chief Arun Kumar told PTI that the regulator is investigating the incident and shall take strictest action against those found delinquentIndiGo and the AAI did not respond to PTIs request for a statement on this matterOfficials of Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA said that the two IndiGo planes — 6E455 Bengaluru to Kolkata and 6E246 Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar — were involved in breach of separation at Bengaluru airportBreach of separation happens when two aircraft cross the minimum mandatory vertical or horizontal distance in an airspaceBoth these aircraft departed from the Bengaluru airport within a span of approximately 5 minutes on the morning of January 9 the officials mentionedBoth aircraft after departure were on converging heading ie moving towards each other Approach radar controller gave diverging heading and avoided mid-air collision one of the officials noted PTI DSP ZMN
New Delhi Jan 19 PTI Two IndiGo planes averted mid-air collision over the Bengaluru airport just after their take-off on the morning of January 9 senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said on WednesdayThe incident was not logged in any logbook and it was not reported by the Airports Authority of India AAI either they saidMeanwhile DGCA chief Arun Kumar told PTI that the regulator is investigating the incident and shall take strictest action against those found delinquentIndiGo and the AAI did not respond to PTIs request for a statement on this matterOfficials of Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA said that the two IndiGo planes — 6E455 Bengaluru to Kolkata and 6E246 Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar — were involved in breach of separation at Bengaluru airportBreach of separation happens when two aircraft cross the minimum mandatory vertical or horizontal distance in an airspaceBoth these aircraft departed from the Bengaluru airport within a span of approximately 5 minutes on the morning of January 9 the officials mentionedBoth aircraft after departure were on converging heading ie moving towards each other Approach radar controller gave diverging heading and avoided mid-air collision one of the officials noted PTI DSP ZMN
