Madurai: A collision between two airplanes, one carrying more than 140 passengers and the other with a VIP on board, was averted at the airport here on Thursday.
According to informed sources, the passenger plane bound for Chennai had hardly taken off at about 10 a.m. when a non-scheduled chartered flight made an attempt to land on the same strip.
When the captain of the passenger plane noticed the approaching chartered flight, he alerted the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and moved away.
29/03/13 Mohamed Imranulliah S./The Hindu
