New Delhi: A Guwahati-bound Jet Airways flight from Delhi today suffered a mid-air scare that was at first attributed to a near-collision but later to turbulence from the “rough air generated” by a nearby jumbo jet.
Those on board said the Jet Airways Boeing 737 shook violently and plummeted for about 20-25 seconds, causing the 130 passengers to panic. However, no one was injured and the plane landed safely in Guwahati around 1pm, airport and airline sources said.
However, even if there was no near-collision and the turbulence was caused by the atmospheric vortex generated by the “wake” of a passing Boeing 747, it could mean the two planes had come too close for comfort, sources in the aviation regulator said.
The directorate-general of civil aviation (DGCA) is treating the matter as “serious” and has started a probe.
“There was no near-miss collision, the phenomenon is called a ‘wake’,” a Jet Airways spokesperson said, adding that the Boeing 747 was coming from the opposite direction.
“In laymen’s terms... when the air that an aircraft disperses still remains in a bunch after it has flown and another aircraft goes through the same area, it causes turbulence. It was not an alarming incident and all the passengers landed safely.”
DGCA chief E.K. Bharat Bhushan said: “It is very serious. We will definitely probe when there is a conflict in the two versions.”
21/07/11 The Telegraph
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