Incident: Indigo A320 at Mumbai on May 26th 2010, runway incursion

An Indigo Airbus A320-200, flight 6E-415 from Mumbai to Bangalore (India), was cleared to taxi on taxiway N (parallel to runway 09/27) for departure from runway 27, while a Jet Airways Boeing 737-700, flight 9W-616 from Kolkata to Mumbai, was on final approach to runway 27 being cleared to land on the runway at around 21:00L (15:30Z).
The Indigo Airbus missed the turn onto taxiway N however and entered runway 09 instead. The tower recognized the conflict and ordered the Jet Airways flight to go around. The Jet Airways Boeing landed safely on their second approach, the Indigo Airbus reached Bangalore safely without further incident.
27/05/10 Simon Hradecky/Aviation Herald

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Categories: Airports May 2010, IndiGo Airlines May 2010, Jet Airways May 2010, Safety May 2010