Near-miss situation averted at Mumbai airport

New Delhi: A near-miss situation was averted at Mumbai airport late Thursday night when a Jet Airways aircraft took off as an incoming Air India plane averted landing and undertook a ‘go-around’, airport sources said today.
“There was no near-miss as adequate separation between the two aircraft was maintained,” a source said.
The Jet flight (9W012), departing for Singapore with 142 people on board, was on a take off roll when the air traffic control (ATC) asked its pilots to reject take off.
The Jet commander could not reject take off as he had gone past the decision speed, an airline spokesperson said, adding that this “did not result in an unsafe situation”.
23/08/12 PTI/First Post

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