A SpiceJet spokesperson says that instructions from ATC were followed and that both aircrafts stopped at a safe distance from each other
A number of passengers had a narrow escape on Wednesday when two SpiceJet and Aeroflot aircrafts, which had landed on adjacent runways at the Indira Gandhi International airport (IGI), stopped just meters short of colliding into each other. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered an immediate inquiry into the incident.
According to sources at Air Traffic Control (ATC), SpiceJet's Dubai-to-Delhi flight — SG 012 — landed on runway 29 and vacated the active runway by Taxiway Z6. It was instructed by the ATC to taxi via Taxiways CW2, S, R5 to its allocated parking stand A12L.
"While taxiing on CW2, the crew was asked to halt before Taxiway S to give way to a Jet Airways flight," says an officer who did not wish to be named.
"Meanwhile, an Aeroflot flight landed on Runway 28 and was instructed by ATC to move via Taxiway N, S and CW1; the flight erroneously entered CW2. The SpiceJet crew apprised ATC of the situation and ATC asked the Aeroflot craft to stop in time. It was then pushed back. When the coast was cleared, SpiceJet taxied to the allocated parking stand."
A SpiceJet spokesperson said that instructions from ATC were followed and that both aircrafts stopped at a safe distance from each other. "At no point was safety was compromised," the airline said.
PAST HORRORS AT IGI
- April 2017: A near-collision was averted when a ready-to-take-off Air India plane was called back to the bay from the runway to make way for an already landing IndiGo craft.
- February 1, 2017: A Vishakhapatnam-bound IndiGo aircraft entered the wrong taxiway, where a Jet Airways plane was already parked.
- December 26, 2016: An IndiGo flight from Lucknow was taxiing at the runway, when a departing SpiceJet flight, destined for Hyderabad, came on the same runway, leading to a following a face-off.135
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