Imphal: Imphal airport today missed witnessing the horror of two planes colliding on the runaway at about 11.20 am.
This reporter was a passenger in the Indigo Airline’s first flight from Delhi 6E 251 which leaves Delhi at 7.20am when he witnessed this near disaster.
When flight 6E 251 landed at the Imphal airport a little past 11 am, delayed by a few minutes because of early morning fog and visibility problem in Delhi, there was another Indigo planed parked at the parking tarmac of the Imphal airport.
Even as the passengers of 6E 251 were dismounting and approaching the arrival terminal of the Imphal airport on foot as usual, the other Indigo aircraft, on which passenger boarding was obviously already completed, began moving towards the Imphal airport’s single runaway.
As customary, the plane touched the runaway and cruised towards the south end to turn and begin its take off run.
While it was doing this, another Indigo aircraft, 6E 743 from Delhi landed on the same runaway and tailed the other cruising aircraft.
Presumably 6E 743 braked hard so it did not have to go beyond the entry point to the airport parking tarmac. Had this plane not braked, it would probably have caught up with the other cruising plane from behind, and although the planes were not heading towards each other, and so probably there would have been time to avoid a direct hit, the risk was all too obvious to all who witnessed the terrifying drama.
09/01/16 Imphal Free Press/Kangla Online
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This reporter was a passenger in the Indigo Airline’s first flight from Delhi 6E 251 which leaves Delhi at 7.20am when he witnessed this near disaster.
When flight 6E 251 landed at the Imphal airport a little past 11 am, delayed by a few minutes because of early morning fog and visibility problem in Delhi, there was another Indigo planed parked at the parking tarmac of the Imphal airport.
Even as the passengers of 6E 251 were dismounting and approaching the arrival terminal of the Imphal airport on foot as usual, the other Indigo aircraft, on which passenger boarding was obviously already completed, began moving towards the Imphal airport’s single runaway.
As customary, the plane touched the runaway and cruised towards the south end to turn and begin its take off run.
While it was doing this, another Indigo aircraft, 6E 743 from Delhi landed on the same runaway and tailed the other cruising aircraft.
Presumably 6E 743 braked hard so it did not have to go beyond the entry point to the airport parking tarmac. Had this plane not braked, it would probably have caught up with the other cruising plane from behind, and although the planes were not heading towards each other, and so probably there would have been time to avoid a direct hit, the risk was all too obvious to all who witnessed the terrifying drama.
09/01/16 Imphal Free Press/Kangla Online
