Major Collision Averted At Mumbai Airport After Two Planes come Face to face at Runway; Takeoff Aborted
A major accident was prevented on Tuesday evening after an Air India aircraft was forced to abort take-off as it came face-to-face with an Air India Express plane at the same runway at Mumbai airport. According to the sources, the air traffic controller ordered the take-off to be aborted in order to avoid the potential disaster.
This incident took place around 10 pm on July 7. As per the report, the Air India Express flight had recently landed and was still clearing the runway when the Air India plane scheduled for Delhi started accelerating to take off on the same strip.
Mumbai Airport Disaster: What Air India Said?
The Air India spokesperson confirmed the incident and stated that the take-off was halted after direct orders from the air traffic control tower. However, the spokesperson did not share any specific operational details of the matter.
According to sources, the Air India flight was AI816, a wide-body Boeing 777-300 ER that flew from Mumbai to Delhi. A narrow-body Boeing 737 MAX 8 was the aircraft used by the arriving Air India Express flight, AIX1547, from Siliguri.
In its statement, the Air India spokesperson said, “The crew operating flight AI816 from Mumbai to Delhi on July 7 discontinued the take-off run after receiving an instruction to do so from the Air Traffic Control and returned to the bay.”
A take-off is a phase when an aircraft plans to accelerate along the runway before reaching the speed which is required to lift off.
‘Boeing 777 Needs Technical Inspection’
The Air India spokesperson also stated that the Boeing 777 would require technical inspections in line with standard operating protocols and noted that the alternative arrangements were being organised to transport the affected passengers to Delhi as soon as possible. There is no official statement on the exact number of passengers and crew on board; however, it could not be immediately confirmed.
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