A SpiceJet aircraft hit an Akasa Air plane at the Delhi airport on Wednesday, prompting the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to off-roster the air traffic controller and the SpiceJet pilots involved and initiating a probe.
“Winglet of SpiceJet B-737-700 aircraft... hit the horizontal tail surface (HTS) of Akasa B-737 aircraft,” the DGCA said in a statement, describing the sequence of the ground collision.
The incident occurred when the SpiceJet aircraft operating flight SG-124 from Leh to Delhi was taxiing, moving on the ground under its own power, towards its allocated parking bay at Terminal 1. Its winglet — the upward-curved tip of the wing that improves fuel efficiency — struck the HTS, the rear stabilising structure of an Akasa Air plane.
The Akasa aircraft had pushed back and was positioned on the apron — the area where aircraft are parked and serviced — for operating flight QP 1406 from Delhi to Hyderabad. The impact damaged the SpiceJet aircraft’s right-hand winglet and the tail section of the Akasa aircraft.
16/04/2026 Deepak Patel/Business Standard
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