Bengaluru: People who are on two Indigo flights have magic runaway when the plane was cleaned to take off simultaneously in the same direction from the parallel foundation of the Kempegowda International Airport on January 7, fortunately, the radar controller saw a potentially disturbing mistake and warned the pilot in both.
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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 was possible to avoid investigations, and punishment.
The Directorate General of Head of Arun Kumar Civil Aviation has taken a serious record of this incident.
Probe has been ordered and Kumar told TOI “strict action will be taken against” those found responsible for it.
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 Bimbara was intended to be used for take-off and south for landing.
Then, shift incharge ( WSO) decided to have a runway operation by using North Runway for arrival and departure, “said a senior 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, “the South Tower Controller provides departure (permission) to the 6E-455 and at the same time the North Tower Controller gives departure (nod) to 6E-246 without coordination.
The two planes after departure move towards each other.
The Radar Controller approach gives Different titles and avoid medium collisions, “said DGCA officials.
Surprisingly, the Indian Authority Airport (AAI, which provides air traffic control or ATC services) did not report this incident also not recorded in any notebook.
“The two planes were on the same lane close to each other until they reached around 3,000 feet and the pilot operated without being aware of the danger.
Fortunately, the radar controller on the ground in Bengaluru saw a flight on time and warned the two pilots turned left and the other to the right avoided a big accident, “said an official attached to the Bengaluru airport safety team with the terms of anonymity.
While Bengaluru ATC officials are not available to comment on air fears, sources confirm that the lack of coordination in senior Bengaluru ATC officials on duty with the South and North runway have caused confusion.
Bangalore Airport International Limited (BAL), which operates KIA, declined to comment because this problem is related to ATC.
Efforts to reach the General Management of Air Traffic Management (ATMs) at Bengaluru Airport also proved futile.
Requests to Indigo Airlines do not accept responses until Tuesday night.
But the query by Toi made the operator reportedly take a problem with the DGCA that followed that the flight supervisory body had ordered an investigation of the department on Tuesday afternoon at one of the largest air safety deviations at Bengaluru Airport, confirmed sources.
Captain Mohan Ranganathan, a flight safety expert, called Bengaluru Air incident as “annoying.” “Removing the parallel runway or landing is not permitted in India, including at Bengaluru Airport, and if it happens, it must be in a staggering way.
It is important that the radar controller acts on time.
The incident needs to be examined,” he said.