IndiGo, SpiceJet aircraft come face-to-face at Delhi Airport
A collision was averted on Tuesday as an IndiGo and a SpiceJet aircraft came face-to-face on the runway of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. The incident took place when the Indigo flight was headed towards taxiway after landing and the SpiceJet aircraft was about to take-off. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered a probe into the incident.
A major disaster was averted at the Delhi airport today when two aircraft came face-to-face moments before one was to takeoff. According to reports, an Indigo flight was headed towards taxiway after landing just when a SpiceJet aircraft was preparing for takeoff. Both the passenger jets came face-to-face. Operations at the airport were not affected due the incident.   HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR: "SpiceJet flight SG 123 operating Delhi-Hyderabad was following ATC instructions at all times at the Delhi airport. While taxiing, the SpiceJet crew observed another aircraft on the same taxiway in the opposite direction. Acting promptly, the SpiceJet crew immediately stopped the aircraft and intimated the ATC," said a SpiceJet spokesperson.JET AIRWAYS FLIGHT SKIDS OFF RUNWAY AT GOA AIRPORT The near miss at the Delhi airport comes just hours after a Jet Airways flight with 161 people on board veered off the runway and skidded into the field at Goa airport. Some passengers were hurt in the incident.  Jet flight 9W 2374 was scheduled to fly from Goa to Mumbai at 4.40 am but aborted the takeoff at the last moment as pilots detected a technical snag. The flight spun 360 degree before coming to a halt in the field inside the Dabolim airport premises.  Passengers were made to de-board the jet through emergency chutes and brought back to the airport safely."Few guests have sustained minor injuries during the evacuation process and medical assistance is being coordinated by the Jet Airways team and the airport authorities," the airlines said in an official statement.