DGCA may submit report on near-miss at Mumbai airport

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DCGA) is likely to submit its preliminary report to the Civil Aviation Ministry tomorrow on last night's near-miss incident at Mumbai airport when two aircraft took off almost simultaneously from the same runway.
Two private charter jets took off close to one another after the pilots of one of the aircraft mistook instructions from the air traffic control (ATC) meant for the other.
Official sources said the DGCA was in the process of finalising its preliminary report and had already gone through the transcripts of the Cockpit Voice Recorders and the Flight Data Recorders of both the aircraft to ascertain the ATC instructions as well as the pilots' response.
The two chartered aircraft, one a 'Challenger' from Bermuda and the other a Canadian Regional Jet belonging to Indian aviation company Pinnacle Air, took off almost simultaneously from Runway 27.
24/08/09 Press Trust of India/Business Standard

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