Jet, Air India planes escape mid-air collision

Mumbai: A Jet Airways flight from Chennai came dangerously close to an Air India aircraft over Mumbai after it was asked to descend to 11,000 feet by the ATC but a last-minute alert averted a mid-air collision.
The Mumbai-bound Jet Airways Konnect flight 9W 2119, with 142 passengers onboard, was instructed by the Air Traffic Control to descend to 11,000 feet on Saturday.
When the flight was on descent, the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), a hi-tech system designed to reduce the incidence of mid-air collisions between flights, alerted the aircraft about Air India flight IC 174 being in its way, a source said.
The Air India flight had 70 passengers onboard and was also on way to Mumbai from Chennai.
“The flight 9W 2119 (Chennai-Mumbai) had a Resolution Advisory (RA), an alert message advising of another aircraft in the vicinity. This incident took place while holding over Mumbai under ATC instructions,” Jet Airways said.
13/07/10 The Hindu

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