Accident averted at Delhi airport

New Delhi: An accident was averted at the Delhi Airport on Friday when a Goa bound SpiceJet flight was asked to abort take-off by Air Traffic Controller (ATC) after spotting another flight using the same runway.
Official sources said that twin runways are being used at the Delhi Airport and the SpiceJet flight was immediately asked to abort take-off after an Uzbek Airline plane was found using the same runway. As many as 200 passengers were on board the SpiceJet aircraft.
SpiceJet flight, which was scheduled to take-off at 1145 hrs, finally departed Delhi at 1300 hrs.
When contacted, a SpiceJet official said: "The cause of the incident will be known once a complete DGCA enquiry is done."
23/11/07 PTI/The Hindu

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