Mumbai: A major catastrophe was avoided at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) on Saturday when two Jet Airways aircraft came in close proximity of each other during landing.
According to sources, the incident happened around 1.30pm. Jet Airways flight 2106 (Indore-Mumbai, which lands at 1.50pm) and another Jet Airways flight 306 (Delhi-Mumbai, which lands at 1.55pm) sought descending clearance at the same communication frequency from the ATC.
As per ATC sources, the ATC gave clearance to flight 2106 for descending, but it was wrongly misunderstood by the pilot of flight 306, which then began to descend.
The pilot of flight 2106 however found something suspicious and thereby asked ATC whether there is any other aircraft moving around it.
ATC officials found that flight 306 was descending and had come dangerously close, within seven nautical miles, of flight 2106. The ATC immediately alerted flight 306 to make a lateral diversion towards its right, thereby diverting a possible catastrophe.
02/06/13 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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According to sources, the incident happened around 1.30pm. Jet Airways flight 2106 (Indore-Mumbai, which lands at 1.50pm) and another Jet Airways flight 306 (Delhi-Mumbai, which lands at 1.55pm) sought descending clearance at the same communication frequency from the ATC.
As per ATC sources, the ATC gave clearance to flight 2106 for descending, but it was wrongly misunderstood by the pilot of flight 306, which then began to descend.
The pilot of flight 2106 however found something suspicious and thereby asked ATC whether there is any other aircraft moving around it.
ATC officials found that flight 306 was descending and had come dangerously close, within seven nautical miles, of flight 2106. The ATC immediately alerted flight 306 to make a lateral diversion towards its right, thereby diverting a possible catastrophe.
02/06/13 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
