Air India, Kingfisher airlines aircraft in near collision at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: Nearly 244 passengers had a miraculous escape when two aircraft came face to face on the taxi way at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport late Thursday night, an airport official said.
A Kingfisher Airlines aircraft with 117 people on board was about to take off when an Air India Nagpur-Mumbai flight with 127 passengers landed and was speeding on the same runway. However, since the distance between the two aircraft was considerable, both managed to stop and a potential disaster was averted.
30/10/09 IANS/Times of India

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