Mumbai: Every commercial passenger aircraft has a set of life-saving devices to guard against possible mid-air collisions. If two aircraft come dangerously close, the collision avoidance system of both planes work together to blare a persistent "climb, climb" in struction in one cockpit and "descend, descend" in the other. Had the technology not existed, between January and April this year, five collisions involving 10 passenger jets would have taken place in the Mumbai airspace. In all of 2014, only 7 near-misses were reported in the area.
But in the four months this year, the Mumbai ATC registered 21 "reportable incidents" as against 19 registered in 2014. A reportable incident can be a minor case like an aircraft forced to do a second attempt at landing or a major one, like the five near misses, where the planes came within 30 seconds of colliding with each other. During the critical stages of a flight -approach, landing and take-off -14 incidents took place in the airspace between January and May this year as against 13 registered in all of 2014. Five near-misses involving 10 passenger jets in Mumbai airspace have been reported between January and April this year.
21/06/15 Manju V/Economic Times
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But in the four months this year, the Mumbai ATC registered 21 "reportable incidents" as against 19 registered in 2014. A reportable incident can be a minor case like an aircraft forced to do a second attempt at landing or a major one, like the five near misses, where the planes came within 30 seconds of colliding with each other. During the critical stages of a flight -approach, landing and take-off -14 incidents took place in the airspace between January and May this year as against 13 registered in all of 2014. Five near-misses involving 10 passenger jets in Mumbai airspace have been reported between January and April this year.
21/06/15 Manju V/Economic Times
