Bengaluru: People on two Indigo flights have magic runaway when the plane was cleaned to take off at the same time from the airport parallel runway on January 7, 2022.
Fortunately, the radar controller saw a potential mistake and warned the pilot in both decks flight.
One plane turned sharply to the left and the other to the right to avoid a collision.
The serious situation did not end later when the local authority was allegedly trying to avoid it by not reporting it to DGCA, it might avoid investigations, and punishment.
The Directorate General of Head of Arun Kumar Civil Aviation has taken a very serious record of the incident.
Probes have been ordered and Kumar told TII that “strict action will be made to” those responsible for that.
The distance between two airlands in Bengaluru is not enough to allow parallel and take off or simultaneous landing.
Certain time differences must be maintained between flight movements for operational safety reasons.
“On January 7, 2022, two Indigo flights to Kolkata and 6E-246 to Bhubaneswar – were involved in a violation of separation at Bengaluru Airport.
That morning, the north runway Bengaluru Airport was intended to be used for take-off and south for landing.
Then, Shift Incharge ( WSO) decided to carry out a single runway operation by using North Runway for arrival and departure, “said a DGCA official.
At this time, the South runway should be closed for surgery.
However, this was not delivered to the South Tower controller.
As a result, “South Tower Controller gave the departure (permission) to the 6E-455 and at the same time the North Tower Controller gave departure (nod) to 6E-246 without coordination.
Good aircraft after departure moved towards each other.
Radar Controller approach gave Different titles and avoid medium collisions, “said DGCA officials.
Surprisingly, the Indian airport authority did not report this incident was also not recorded in any notebook.
ATC Bengaluru Officials are not available for comments.
Requests to Indigo Airlines do not accept responses until Tuesday night.
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